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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Anonymous History of Abbot Ceolfrith.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What practice did Ceolfrith pass on to the monks who joined him in building the new monastery?
(a) Copying Bibles, interpreting scripture, and singing the Psalms.
(b) Copying Bibles and fasting on Fridays.
(c) Interpreting scripture and rheotoric.
(d) Singing the Psalms, reading in church, and singing antiphons.

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

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

4. Who does Stephanus claim influenced Ecgfrith to drive Wilfrid from his see?
(a) King Dagobert.
(b) Bishop Colman.
(c) Bishop Winfrid.
(d) Ecgfrith's queen, Iurminbrugh.

5. What sign does Stephanus claim that God used to indicate that Wilfrid would serve him in the future?
(a) A fiery demon was chased from his village by a torrent provided by God.
(b) The house where he was being born caught fire but was not consumed.
(c) An angel disguised as a horseman helped with Wilfrid's delivery.
(d) Birds gathered to sing praises to God as Wilfrid was born.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who donated the land for Benedict to build a monastery in Northumbria, according to Bede?

2. What custom arose from the burial of Ceolfrith?

3. What does Bede record to be Benedict's orders regarding the books he had brought back from his several trips to Rome?

4. Who was the wicked queen who Stephanus wrote persecuted the church and martyred nine bishops?

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

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