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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 principal apostle of Ireland does Farmer claim encouraged monasticism for men and women?
(a) St. Brendan.
(b) St. Patrick.
(c) St. Ceolfrith.
(d) St. Benedict.

2. In what literary form does Farmer claim Bede's "Life of Cuthbert" is written?
(a) Biography.
(b) Prose.
(c) Iambic Pentameter.
(d) Hagiography.

3. Farmer asserts that the "Navigatio" is a fascinating mixture of what?
(a) Intrigue, sound doctrine, and drama.
(b) Fact, fantasy, and literary borrowing.
(c) Fantasy, doctrine, and mystery.
(d) History, fact, and economic theory.

4. Who does Bede claim first chastised Cuthbert for his idleness and his indulgences?
(a) A solemn old man.
(b) A three-year-old child.
(c) His maternal grandfather.
(d) A neighbor who caught him in a prank.

5. To what book does Bede refer for support of other angels who rode on horseback?
(a) The history of the Maccabees.
(b) Genesis.
(c) The Psalms.
(d) The Navigato.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the result of the prayers Cuthbert led while he and two brethren were stranded during a sea voyage without provisions?

2. How many texts does D.H. Farmer report in the Introduction comprise "The Age of Bede"?

3. Who does Farmer credit with writing the earliest "Life of Cuthbert"?

4. To whom did Cuthbert prophesy his own death, according to Bede?

5. Why did a demon leave the wife of Sheriff Hildmer as he and Cuthbert approached his home, according to Bede?

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