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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) An angel carrying a gold trumpet.
(b) An angel dressed in white riding a horse.
(c) Three strangers who were travelling through his town.
(d) The village doctor.

2. After he listened to the chastisement, what does Bede report to be Cuthbert's response?
(a) He forsook foolish games immediately and showed himself to be more mature and earnest.
(b) He stopped spending so much time adventuring and devoted himself more seriously to studying the Bible.
(c) He began studying writing more seriously to produce works fit for public consumption.
(d) He began working harder on his chants to serve the worship needs of his town.

3. What does Farmer report came of Cuthbert after he spent many years in a monastery?
(a) He became a hermit.
(b) He became an usher in the Holy See.
(c) He became a priest.
(d) He was appointed Bishop.

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

5. How does Bede claim Christian converts profaned their faith in Chapter 9?
(a) With their sloth.
(b) With the coarse language.
(c) With their works.
(d) With their ill-gotten gains.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the works in "The Age of Bede" does Farmer claim was popular during the Middle Ages?

2. What does Bede report Cuthbert used to cure a sick servant to a bodyguard of King Ecgfrith?

3. According to Farmer, each of the saints profiled in "The Age of Bede" were pioneers of what important church institutions?

4. How many Latin manuscripts of this document does Farmer claim still exists?

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

(see the answer key)

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