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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. Why did Bede address his prologue to its named recipient?
(a) To affirm he virtues of Cuthbert to those whom he served.
(b) To show his father that his devotion was being manifested in good works.
(c) To assure future Christians that the church was founded by men of reliable virtue.
(d) So the reader would know that the work was undertaken in compliance with the Bishop's wishes.

2. Who donated the land for Benedict to build a monastery in Northumbria, according to Bede?
(a) King Egfrid.
(b) King Ecgfrith.
(c) King Dagobert.
(d) The Holy Synod.

3. What does Farmer identify as the basic theme of the "Navigatio"?
(a) The quest for paradise on earth.
(b) The miraculous power of prayer.
(c) The cleansing influence of virtue.
(d) The healing mysteries of faith.

4. What does Stephanus claim was the King's response to the request that Wilfrid be sent to the duke?
(a) He promptly captured Wilfrid and sent him back to the petitioner, but God spared Wilfrid the condemnation.
(b) The king ignored the request.
(c) He sent back a message that he had already executed Wilfrid to buy him time to escape.
(d) He tore up the scroll upon which the request was written in the audience of his court.

5. To whom did Cuthbert prophesy his own death, according to Bede?
(a) Bede.
(b) Benedict Biscop.
(c) Hereberht, the hermit.
(d) The residents on the island Lindisfarne.

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. How many Latin manuscripts of this document does Farmer claim still exists?

3. Who does Bede report gave Cuthbert a cure for a tumor on his knee?

4. According to Stephanus, how did the expansion of the Kingdom that Wilfrid advised expand his authority as Bishop?

5. How does Bede claim Sigfrid came to be promoted from deacon to abbot after Eosterwine's left his abbey?

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