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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

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 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.

3. How did Cuthbert respond to converts who were falling away from the faith, according to Bede?
(a) He traveled to villages to preach the way of truth.
(b) He chastised them with harsh sermons.
(c) He secluded himself and prayed fervently for their integrity.
(d) He ministered to them directly by showing them a life of Christian integrity.

4. What does Bede claim came of the person to whom Cuthbert prophesied his death?
(a) He passed the story of Cuthbert's death to Bede.
(b) He died at the same time as Cuthbert.
(c) He was made abbot of lindisfarne.
(d) Cuthbert blessed him and he lived many years after receiving the prophesy.

5. After his debate with Bishop Colman won him acclaim, what does Stephanus report came of Wilfrid?
(a) Wilfrid became a Bishop.
(b) Wilfrid was ordained as a priest.
(c) Wilfrid was appointed abbot.
(d) Wilfrid was elected to the episcopacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what book does Bede refer for support of other angels who rode on horseback?

2. Whose record of Cuthbert's death did Bede use?

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

4. For what two countries does Farmer claim "The Age of Bede" to be an important source of early Christian Church history?

5. Who gave Wilfrid the monastery at Ripon according to Stephanus?

Short Essay Questions

1. To whom was Stephanus being obedient with his record of "The Life of Wilfred"?

2. What are the five texts that make up the "Age of Bede"?

3. Why does Farmer consider the lives of the men profiled in "The Age of Bede" important to the Christian history of their region?

4. What does Bede report a monk witnessed when he followed Cuthbert to spy on an evening prayer vigil?

5. According to Farmer in the Introduction, how did Irish monasteries become established?

6. Why does Farmer consider "The Voyage of St. Brendan" an important text in "The Age of Bede"?

7. Who does Bede credit with healing Cuthbert from a childhood disease that made him lame?

8. To whom did Bede write "The Life of Cuthbert"?

9. Who does Stephanus credit with introducing Wilfred to the pope and teaching him the rules of Easter?

10. What statement does Stephanus write to defend the facts he reports in "The Life of Wilfred"?

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