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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 Farmer report came of Cuthbert after he spent many years in a monastery?
(a) He became a priest.
(b) He became a hermit.
(c) He became an usher in the Holy See.
(d) He was appointed Bishop.

2. Whose record of Cuthbert's death did Bede use?
(a) Hwaetbehrt who succeeded him as abbot.
(b) Wilfrid who asked Bede to take a pilgrimage with him to Rome.
(c) Benedict who was a close friend of Cuthbert.
(d) Herefrith, a devout priest and abbot of Lindisfarne.

3. What miracle does Stephanus report that Wilfrid performed during the construction of the church at Hexham?
(a) He prayed for God's provision of favorable weather and the project did not lose a day due to foul weather.
(b) He prayed over a pile of stones used in the construction and the pile was not exhausted until the church was completed.
(c) He healed through prayer a workman who fell from working on the highest part of the walls in the church.
(d) He prayed for the health of the workers and all of them kept their health throughout the project.

4. What institution does Farmer suggest was responsible for the growth of monasteries in Ireland?
(a) The family.
(b) The government.
(c) The Nobility.
(d) The Clergy.

5. What does Farmer claim to be the name of the author of the "Navigatio"?
(a) Bede.
(b) Eddius Stephanus.
(c) Brendan.
(d) Unknown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who granted Wilfrid to preach in his first destination after being chased from his see?

2. What text does Bede report that Boisil recommended to Cuthbert?

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

4. Where does Stephanus claim peace was achieved between Wilfrid and his enemies?

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

(see the answer key)

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