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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 Farmer credit with writing the earliest "Life of Cuthbert"?
(a) Bede.
(b) An anonymous monk from Lindisfarne.
(c) Eddius Stephanus.
(d) Ceolfrith.

2. What was the first miracle that Bede reports that Cuthbert performed?
(a) He brought a sheriff's wife back to life.
(b) He healed himself of a lame leg.
(c) He calmed a wind that had nearly blown rafts carrying monks to sea with his prayers.
(d) He healed a sick boy near death.

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

4. 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?
(a) By a dog.
(b) By two otters.
(c) By an eagle.
(d) By a fawn.

5. What does Bede claim Cuthbert did to convert water to wine as he stayed at a convent in Tyne?
(a) He dipped the hem of his garment in a cask of water.
(b) He performed a wedding and asked for God's provisions over the reception.
(c) He spent a night's prayer vigil in a nearby lake.
(d) He drank the water from a cup.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which document by Bede, according to Farmer, acts as a biography and a local history?

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

5. What institution does Farmer suggest was responsible for the growth of monasteries in Ireland?

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