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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 Stephanus report led a synod which was actually a trap to take the properties that were under Wilfrid's authority?
(a) Bishop Colman.
(b) Archbishop Berhtwald.
(c) Pope Agatho.
(d) Archdeacon Boniface.

2. Where does Stephanus claim peace was achieved between Wilfrid and his enemies?
(a) Friesland.
(b) Lichfield.
(c) The Synod of Nidd.
(d) The Holy Synod.

3. Who did Bede report Benedict appointed as abbot over the foundation he started?
(a) Ceolfrith.
(b) Hwaetbehrt.
(c) Sigfrith.
(d) Eosterwine.

4. How does Bede claim Cuthbert kept birds from eating the barley crop he grew as he lived in isolation as a monk?
(a) He said, "God will banish your souls to condemnation should you be robbing from His anointed."
(b) He said, ". . . If God has given you permission, then do as He bade you: if not, be off with you, . . ."
(c) He kept a week-long prayer and fast to appeal to God to deliver his crops from the offending birds.
(d) He invented the scarecrow.

5. Which duke of Theodoric petitioned the king over the land Wilfrid where was preaching to have Wilfrid sent to him dead or alive, according to Stephanus?
(a) Ebroin.
(b) Winfrid.
(c) Oertarut.
(d) Agatho.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the method that Bede writes Ceolfrith chose for a new abbot to be chosen to replace him?

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

3. What foundation does Bede credit Benedict with beginning?

4. How does Bede claim Christian converts profaned their faith in Chapter 9?

5. In what literary form does Farmer claim Bede's "Life of Cuthbert" is written?

(see the answer key)

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