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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. For what two countries does Farmer claim "The Age of Bede" to be an important source of early Christian Church history?
(a) Ireland and The Netherlands.
(b) England and Ireland.
(c) England and France.
(d) Rome and Ireland.
2. Which document by Bede, according to Farmer, acts as a biography and a local history?
(a) "The Life of Wilfrid."
(b) "The History of Abbot Ceolfrith."
(c) "The Life of Cuthbert."
(d) "Lives of the Abbots."
3. According to Farmer, each of the saints profiled in "The Age of Bede" were pioneers of what important church institutions?
(a) The presbytery and the Holy Roman Empire.
(b) Monasticism and the primacy of the spiritual.
(c) The Sacraments, baptism, and confession.
(d) Indulgences, monasticism, and chanting.
4. Which Northumbrian cleric does Farmer record as being trained in Lindisfarne?
(a) Brendan.
(b) Columbanus.
(c) Wilfrid
(d) Cuthbert.
5. Which cleric does Farmer identify as coming from Northumbria and trained at Melrose?
(a) Cuthbert.
(b) Columbanus.
(c) Wilfrid.
(d) Columba of Iona.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what literary form does Farmer claim Bede's "Life of Cuthbert" is written?
2. What does Farmer claim draws readers across the ages to the lives profiled in "The Age of Bede"?
3. What official does Farmer report presided over the community of monks?
4. What does Farmer report came of Cuthbert after he spent many years in a monastery?
5. Which Irish apostle, according to Farmer, became famous for the founding of the Bobbio and Saint-Gall monasteries.
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