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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. Who does Bede claim first chastised Cuthbert for his idleness and his indulgences?
(a) His maternal grandfather.
(b) A neighbor who caught him in a prank.
(c) A three-year-old child.
(d) A solemn old man.

2. Who does Farmer claim enabled Wilfred to travel to visit other churches through Europe?
(a) Bishop Colman.
(b) Enfleda, Queen of Northumbria.
(c) Dalfinus.
(d) Alhfrith.

3. To what office did Stephanus claim Agilberht ordained Wilfrid?
(a) Priest.
(b) Abbot.
(c) Cardinal.
(d) Bishop.

4. Which Old Testament prophet does Bede first quote in the first paragraph of Chapter One?
(a) Elisha.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Jeremiah.
(d) Elijah.

5. Who does Bede report gave Cuthbert a cure for a tumor on his knee?
(a) An angel dressed in white riding a horse.
(b) The village doctor.
(c) An angel carrying a gold trumpet.
(d) Three strangers who were travelling through his town.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what royal family does Bede claim Benedict descended?

2. After his fourth trip to Rome, what does Bede report that Benedict brought back to Britain?

3. What came of a phantom fire that came upon a village while Bede reports that Cuthbert was teaching on the distractions of the devil?

4. Which Irish apostle, according to Farmer, became famous for the founding of the Bobbio and Saint-Gall monasteries.

5. Who did Bede report reviewed and revised his work?

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