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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Latin manuscripts of this document does Farmer claim still exists?
(a) 116
(b) 16
(c) 1166
(d) 1116

2. How many texts does D.H. Farmer report in the Introduction comprise "The Age of Bede"?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

3. What does Farmer claim to be the document that the earliest monk wrote?
(a) "The Navigatio".
(b) "The Life of Wilfrid".
(c) "The Life of Cuthbert".
(d) "The Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow".

4. What does Farmer claim draws readers across the ages to the lives profiled in "The Age of Bede"?
(a) The accurate history of various leaders in the region.
(b) The ideals and the scale of values of "The Age of Bede's" great men.
(c) The colorful detail with which the ancient times are reported.
(d) The mystical accounting of miracles.

5. Why does Farmer credit this institution with the spread of monasteries in Ireland?
(a) Nobles would provide land and funding for construction of monasteries.
(b) When a family would convert to Christianity, it would remain together as a group and convert their homes into monasteries.
(c) Clergy would evangelize pagans who would give to support the construction of monasteries.
(d) The government would raise taxes to support the construction of monasteries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Farmer identify as the basic theme of the "Navigatio"?

2. Farmer asserts that the "Navigatio" is a fascinating mixture of what?

3. What effect did abbots in Ireland have on the influence of bishops, according to Farmer?

4. In what literary form does Farmer claim Bede's "Life of Cuthbert" is written?

5. Who does Farmer report to be the earliest monk of the British Isles?

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