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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Anonymous History of Abbot Ceolfrith.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what biblical story does Stephanus compare the event that preceded the battle between Wilfrid's party and the pagans?
(a) The story of David and Goliath.
(b) The story of Caleb taking his mountain.
(c) The story of Gideon.
(d) The story of the Israelites taking the Holy land from the Philistines.

2. How were Benedict and Sigfrith able to meet with each other shortly before they died from their illnesses, according to Bede?
(a) Sigfrith was carried to Benedict's room on a stretcher.
(b) They were placed in wheel chairs and wheeled to meet with each other daily.
(c) They were moved to the basement of Wearmouth and spent their remaining days together.
(d) They were kept in the same room in the hospital.

3. What were two things that Bede said he avoided in the prologue?
(a) Judgementalism and piety.
(b) Doctrine and legalism.
(c) Ambiguity and hair-splitting.
(d) Criticism and pessimism.

4. What condition does Bede write affected Sigfrith during his service as abbot?
(a) A painful and incurable disease of the lungs.
(b) Blindness.
(c) A lame leg.
(d) A curved spine.

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) Oertarut.
(b) Winfrid.
(c) Ebroin.
(d) Agatho.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Farmer use to identify a community of monks?

2. Which Old Testament prophet does Bede first quote in the first paragraph of Chapter One?

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

4. How does Bede claim Cuthbert kept birds from eating the barley crop he grew as he lived in isolation as a monk?

5. Who confirmed the choice of Ceolfrith's replacement, according to Bede?

(see the answer key)

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