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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Bede, Life of Cuthbert.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect did abbots in Ireland have on the influence of bishops, according to Farmer?
(a) The provided the channels for bishops to influence the population.
(b) They diminished the influence of bishops.
(c) They had no affect on the bishops.
(d) They strengthened the bishops by collecting indulgences for them.

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

3. According to Farmer, each of the saints profiled in "The Age of Bede" were pioneers of what important church institutions?
(a) Indulgences, monasticism, and chanting.
(b) The Sacraments, baptism, and confession.
(c) The presbytery and the Holy Roman Empire.
(d) Monasticism and the primacy of the spiritual.

4. After he listened to the chastisement, what does Bede report to be Cuthbert's response?
(a) He stopped spending so much time adventuring and devoted himself more seriously to studying the Bible.
(b) He began working harder on his chants to serve the worship needs of his town.
(c) He began studying writing more seriously to produce works fit for public consumption.
(d) He forsook foolish games immediately and showed himself to be more mature and earnest.

5. Where is the body of Cuthbert buried, according to Bede's record?
(a) In the pasture that he kept during his time as a hermit.
(b) In the catacombs of Wearmouth monastery.
(c) At the bottom of the lake where he kept many prayer vigils.
(d) In a stone coffin on the right side of the altar in the church of the Blessed Apostle Peter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Bede claim to be Cuthbert's preoccupation when he was still eight years old?

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

4. Which document by Bede, according to Farmer, acts as a biography and a local history?

5. Who does Bede claim first chastised Cuthbert for his idleness and his indulgences?

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