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

2. What term does Farmer use to identify a community of monks?
(a) The Holy Knights.
(b) Cenobites.
(c) The Holy Priesthood.
(d) The Royal Order.

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

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

5. When Wilfrid's ship had run aground on the English shore and was surrounded by pagans, what event does Stephanus report occurred that preceded a battle between Wilfrid's party and the pagans?
(a) Wilfrid called down angels to ward off a curse from a pagan wizard.
(b) One of Wilfrid's companions killed the pagan's wizard with a stone blessed by the party from the ship.
(c) A legion of angels protected Wilfrid's companions from an attack led by a pagan wizard.
(d) Wilfrid blessed a stone that he used to heal a companion cursed by a pagan wizard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Stephanus report led a synod which was actually a trap to take the properties that were under Wilfrid's authority?

2. Why was Cuthbert inspired to rise from his sickbed in Chapter 8, according to Bede?

3. After his debate with Bishop Colman won him acclaim, what does Stephanus report came of Wilfrid?

4. In what city did Stephanus report Wilfrid's traveling companion leave him after they started their journey to St. Peter's?

5. What does Bede claim came of the person to whom Cuthbert prophesied his death?

(see the answer key)

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