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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. Why was Cuthbert inspired to rise from his sickbed in Chapter 8, according to Bede?
(a) Because he knew that God would provide him strength to carry out ministry.
(b) Because he did not want to neglect the responsibility God had put before him.
(c) Because he desired to be an inspiration to those in need.
(d) Because he knew that God had certainly heard the prayers of the monks praying for him.

2. What were two things that Bede said he avoided in the prologue?
(a) Criticism and pessimism.
(b) Judgementalism and piety.
(c) Ambiguity and hair-splitting.
(d) Doctrine and legalism.

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

4. What does Bede report Cuthbert used to cure a sick servant to a bodyguard of King Ecgfrith?
(a) Prayer and fasting.
(b) A salve brought to him by two otters.
(c) Water he blessed.
(d) A poltice delivered to him by an angel on horseback.

5. What does Bede claim Cuthbert did to convert water to wine as he stayed at a convent in Tyne?
(a) He performed a wedding and asked for God's provisions over the reception.
(b) He drank the water from a cup.
(c) He spent a night's prayer vigil in a nearby lake.
(d) He dipped the hem of his garment in a cask of water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Farmer claim to be the document that the earliest monk wrote?

2. Where is the body of Cuthbert buried, according to Bede's record?

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

4. What was the first miracle that Bede reports that Cuthbert performed?

5. What kind of battles does Farmer report the church leaders in "The Age of Bede" fought?

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