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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. 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 was made abbot of lindisfarne.
(c) He died at the same time as Cuthbert.
(d) Cuthbert blessed him and he lived many years after receiving the prophesy.

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

3. Where did Stephanus report Wilfrid first settled after being chased from his see?
(a) Friesland.
(b) Gaul.
(c) Lichfield.
(d) Wearmouth.

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

5. When Wilfrid's ship had run aground on the English shore and was surrounded by pagans, what event does Stephanus report occurred that preceded a battle between Wilfrid's party and the pagans?
(a) One of Wilfrid's companions killed the pagan's wizard with a stone blessed by the party from the ship.
(b) A legion of angels protected Wilfrid's companions from an attack led by a pagan wizard.
(c) Wilfrid called down angels to ward off a curse from a pagan wizard.
(d) Wilfrid blessed a stone that he used to heal a companion cursed by a pagan wizard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bede trace as Eosterwine's relationship to Benedict?

2. As Cuthbert was traveling with a boy during a preaching tour in Chapter 12, how did Bede report that Cuthbert prophesied their food would be provided?

3. What was the result of the prayers Cuthbert led while he and two brethren were stranded during a sea voyage without provisions?

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

5. Which Old Testament prophet does Bede first quote in the first paragraph of Chapter One?

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