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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Bede, Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the wicked queen who Stephanus wrote persecuted the church and martyred nine bishops?
(a) Erconbehrt.
(b) Eanfled.
(c) Iurminburgh.
(d) Baldlhild.

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

3. 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 had no affect on the bishops.
(c) They strengthened the bishops by collecting indulgences for them.
(d) They diminished the influence of bishops.

4. 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) They disappeared into thin air as Cuthbert prayed.
(b) God brought a torrent of rain that extinguished the phantom.
(c) An angel extinguished the flames with a mighty blow of his trumpet.
(d) Strong winds blew the fires away as soon as Cuthbert prayed for deliverance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bede claim Christian converts profaned their faith in Chapter 9?

2. What does Farmer claim draws readers across the ages to the lives profiled in "The Age of Bede"?

3. How long did Ceolfrith preside over the responsibilities appointed to him by Benedict?

4. As Cuthbert was traveling with a boy during a preaching tour in Chapter 12, how did Bede report that Cuthbert prophesied their food would be provided?

5. What does Bede report Cuthbert used to cure a sick servant to a bodyguard of King Ecgfrith?

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