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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Eddius Stephanus: Life of Wilfred.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How was Cuthbert's Friday fast broken on one occasion at the vesper's hour according to Bede?
(a) An angel disgused as an old man fixed him a meal of rice and cakes.
(b) Otters brought him a meal of fish from the sea.
(c) Cuthbert's horse pulled on a straw from the roof where he rested that was connected to a bundle of food from God.
(d) Birds brought him bread from a far land.

3. Who does Bede report gave Cuthbert a cure for a tumor on his knee?
(a) An angel carrying a gold trumpet.
(b) Three strangers who were travelling through his town.
(c) The village doctor.
(d) An angel dressed in white riding a horse.

4. What animal does Bede claim ministered to Cuthbert after he spent a night in prayer in the water off the sea shore?
(a) A fawn.
(b) Two otters.
(c) A dog.
(d) An eagle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what office did Stephanus claim Agilberht ordained Wilfrid?

2. Where does Farmer claim that the earliest surviving manuscript of "Navigatio" was written?

3. To whom did Bede write the prologue to his "Life of Cuthbert"?

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

5. What term does Farmer use to identify a community of monks?

(see the answer key)

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