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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term does Farmer use to identify a community of monks?
(a) Cenobites.
(b) The Royal Order.
(c) The Holy Knights.
(d) The Holy Priesthood.

2. What institution does Farmer suggest was responsible for the growth of monasteries in Ireland?
(a) The Clergy.
(b) The government.
(c) The family.
(d) The Nobility.

3. Which document by Bede, according to Farmer, acts as a biography and a local history?
(a) "Lives of the Abbots."
(b) "The History of Abbot Ceolfrith."
(c) "The Life of Cuthbert."
(d) "The Life of Wilfrid."

4. What kind of battles does Farmer report the church leaders in "The Age of Bede" fought?
(a) Spiritual battles against invisible diabolical enemies.
(b) Political battles against corrupt kings.
(c) Economic battles against land owners who sought land on which churches were built.
(d) Physical battles against pagans seeking to dismantle Christian influences.

5. Which of the works in "The Age of Bede" does Farmer claim was popular during the Middle Ages?
(a) "The Life of Cuthbert."
(b) " The Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow."
(c) "The Life of Wilfrid."
(d) "Voyage of St. Brendan."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many Latin manuscripts of this document does Farmer claim still exists?

3. Which cleric does Farmer identify as coming from Northumbria and trained at Melrose?

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

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

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