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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. To what book does Bede refer for support of other angels who rode on horseback?
(a) The Navigato.
(b) The Psalms.
(c) The history of the Maccabees.
(d) Genesis.

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

3. Who kept Wilfrid until Stephanus claimed he could meet with suitable travelers as he began his journey to St. Peter's see?
(a) Archbishop Dalfinus.
(b) Queen Eanfled's cousin, King Erconberht of Kent.
(c) Biscop Baducing.
(d) Bishop Agilberht.

4. To what abbey does Bede report Benedict named Eosterwine?
(a) Wearmouth.
(b) Jarrow.
(c) Ripon.
(d) Melrose.

5. How many years does Farmer claim had passed before the biography of Brendan had first appeared?
(a) About 200.
(b) About 210.
(c) About 120.
(d) About 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what cause does Bede claim Benedict devoted himself after he traveled to Rome to visit the tombs of the Apostles?

2. Where did Stephanus report Wilfrid first settled after being chased from his see?

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

4. What term does Farmer use to identify a community of monks?

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

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