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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What were Brendan's most important monasteries, according to Farmer?
(a) Wearmouth, Jarrow, Lindisfarne, and Melrose.
(b) Annadown, Christendom, Confert, and Melrose.
(c) Northumbria, Whitby, Inishadroum, and Jarrow.
(d) Clonfert, Annadown, Inishadroum, and Ardfert.

3. Where does Farmer claim that the earliest surviving manuscript of "Navigatio" was written?
(a) At the monastery at Melrose.
(b) At the monastery at St. Maximin.
(c) At the monastery at Inishadroum.
(d) At the monastery at Wearmouth.

4. What does Farmer claim to be the name of the author of the "Navigatio"?
(a) Brendan.
(b) Eddius Stephanus.
(c) Unknown.
(d) Bede.

5. What does Farmer identify as the basic theme of the "Navigatio"?
(a) The cleansing influence of virtue.
(b) The miraculous power of prayer.
(c) The healing mysteries of faith.
(d) The quest for paradise on earth.

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

7. Of what does Stephanus claim Wilfrid accused English bishops prior to his journey to Gaul?
(a) Being too stiff in worship services.
(b) Being corrupt with indulgences.
(c) Being similar in ideology to Celts.
(d) Being too strict with moral limits.

8. What came of a phantom fire that came upon a village while Bede reports that Cuthbert was teaching on the distractions of the devil?
(a) God brought a torrent of rain that extinguished the phantom.
(b) They disappeared into thin air as Cuthbert prayed.
(c) Strong winds blew the fires away as soon as Cuthbert prayed for deliverance.
(d) An angel extinguished the flames with a mighty blow of his trumpet.

9. How many years does Farmer claim had passed before the biography of Brendan had first appeared?
(a) About 200.
(b) About 120.
(c) About 210.
(d) About 20.

10. What did Bede claim to be Cuthbert's preoccupation when he was still eight years old?
(a) Hunting and adventuring.
(b) Reading and writing.
(c) Games and carefree play.
(d) Praying and Chanting.

11. What was Wilfrid's destination when he left his home, according to Stephanus?
(a) King Oswiu's queen, Eanfled, to whom he was recommended by noblemen he served in his father's house.
(b) Archbishop Dalfinus who hoped to adopt him as a son.
(c) The home of King Erconberht of Kent.
(d) The home of Biscop Baducing.

12. Who does Farmer credit with writing the earliest "Life of Cuthbert"?
(a) Bede.
(b) Eddius Stephanus.
(c) Ceolfrith.
(d) An anonymous monk from Lindisfarne.

13. Which Old Testament prophet does Bede first quote in the first paragraph of Chapter One?
(a) Jeremiah.
(b) Elijah.
(c) Elisha.
(d) Daniel.

14. Which Northumbrian cleric does Farmer record as being trained in Lindisfarne?
(a) Columbanus.
(b) Wilfrid
(c) Cuthbert.
(d) Brendan.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who does Bede report gave Cuthbert a cure for a tumor on his knee?

4. How does Bede claim Cuthbert kept birds from eating the barley crop he grew as he lived in isolation as a monk?

5. Who does Farmer claim enabled Wilfred to travel to visit other churches through Europe?

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