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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. In what book from the Bible does Bede claim Benedict took comfort during nights he could not sleep during his illness?
(a) Proverbs.
(b) Ecclesiastes.
(c) Job.
(d) Psalms.

2. What were two things that Bede said he avoided in the prologue?
(a) Judgementalism and piety.
(b) Criticism and pessimism.
(c) Ambiguity and hair-splitting.
(d) Doctrine and legalism.

3. What term does Farmer use to identify a community of monks?
(a) The Royal Order.
(b) Cenobites.
(c) The Holy Priesthood.
(d) The Holy Knights.

4. What does Bede report Cuthbert used to cure a sick servant to a bodyguard of King Ecgfrith?
(a) Water he blessed.
(b) A salve brought to him by two otters.
(c) A poltice delivered to him by an angel on horseback.
(d) Prayer and fasting.

5. How were Benedict and Sigfrith able to meet with each other shortly before they died from their illnesses, according to Bede?
(a) They were kept in the same room in the hospital.
(b) Sigfrith was carried to Benedict's room on a stretcher.
(c) They were moved to the basement of Wearmouth and spent their remaining days together.
(d) They were placed in wheel chairs and wheeled to meet with each other daily.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Wilfrid when Stephanus reported he left home to seek the kingdom of Heaven?

2. Over what issue did Wilfrid debate Bishop Colman according to Stephanus?

3. What decision does Bede report Benedict made while Benedict and Sigfrith were on their deathbeds?

4. What were the reasons that Stephanus gave for Wilfrid deciding to bring a dead child back to life in the village of On Tiddanufri?

5. What animal does Bede claim ministered to Cuthbert after he spent a night in prayer in the water off the sea shore?

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