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

2. What principal apostle of Ireland does Farmer claim encouraged monasticism for men and women?
(a) St. Brendan.
(b) St. Patrick.
(c) St. Ceolfrith.
(d) St. Benedict.

3. What animal does Bede claim ministered to Cuthbert after he spent a night in prayer in the water off the sea shore?
(a) A dog.
(b) A fawn.
(c) An eagle.
(d) Two otters.

4. What effect did abbots in Ireland have on the influence of bishops, according to Farmer?
(a) They strengthened the bishops by collecting indulgences for them.
(b) They had no affect on the bishops.
(c) They diminished the influence of bishops.
(d) The provided the channels for bishops to influence the population.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what two countries does Farmer claim "The Age of Bede" to be an important source of early Christian Church history?

2. How was Cuthbert's Friday fast broken on one occasion at the vesper's hour according to Bede?

3. What does Bede claim came of the person to whom Cuthbert prophesied his death?

4. Why was Cuthbert inspired to rise from his sickbed in Chapter 8, according to Bede?

5. What does Farmer claim draws readers across the ages to the lives profiled in "The Age of Bede"?

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