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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Bede, Life of Cuthbert.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many Latin manuscripts of this document does Farmer claim still exists?
(a) 1116
(b) 16
(c) 116
(d) 1166

3. Why did Bede address his prologue to its named recipient?
(a) To affirm he virtues of Cuthbert to those whom he served.
(b) To assure future Christians that the church was founded by men of reliable virtue.
(c) So the reader would know that the work was undertaken in compliance with the Bishop's wishes.
(d) To show his father that his devotion was being manifested in good works.

4. Which of the works in "The Age of Bede" does Farmer claim was popular during the Middle Ages?
(a) " The Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow."
(b) "The Life of Cuthbert."
(c) "Voyage of St. Brendan."
(d) "The Life of Wilfrid."

5. What does Farmer identify as the basic theme of the "Navigatio"?
(a) The healing mysteries of faith.
(b) The cleansing influence of virtue.
(c) The quest for paradise on earth.
(d) The miraculous power of prayer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bede claim Cuthbert did to convert water to wine as he stayed at a convent in Tyne?

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

3. What does Farmer report came of Cuthbert after he spent many years in a monastery?

4. Why did a demon leave the wife of Sheriff Hildmer as he and Cuthbert approached his home, according to Bede?

5. What miracle did Cuthbert perform when he brought the Holy Ghost to a village that could only provide tents for him and his retinue?

(see the answer key)

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