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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Bede, Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Over what issue did Wilfrid debate Bishop Colman according to Stephanus?
(a) The importance of miracles in identifying saints.
(b) The role of icons in affirming faith.
(c) The specific day upon which to celebrate Easter.
(d) The parallels between Yom Kippur and Christmas.

2. Who confirmed the choice of Ceolfrith's replacement, according to Bede?
(a) Eleusippus.
(b) Meleusippus.
(c) Speusippus.
(d) Bishop Acca.

3. Farmer asserts that the "Navigatio" is a fascinating mixture of what?
(a) Fantasy, doctrine, and mystery.
(b) Fact, fantasy, and literary borrowing.
(c) Intrigue, sound doctrine, and drama.
(d) History, fact, and economic theory.

4. What decision does Bede report Benedict made while Benedict and Sigfrith were on their deathbeds?
(a) Benedict chose Eosterwine as abbot over Wearmouth.
(b) Benedict ordered the collection of books he brought from Rome back to where they came.
(c) Benedict named Ceolfrith abbot over both Wearmouth and Jarrow.
(d) Benedict chose Hwaetbehrt as abbot over Jarrow.

5. Of what does Stephanus claim Wilfrid accused English bishops prior to his journey to Gaul?
(a) Being corrupt with indulgences.
(b) Being too stiff in worship services.
(c) Being too strict with moral limits.
(d) Being similar in ideology to Celts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which cleric does Farmer identify as coming from Northumbria and trained at Melrose?

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

3. The saints who are detailed in "The Age of Bede" lived in what two centuries according to Farmer?

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

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

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