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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 claim enabled Wilfred to travel to visit other churches through Europe?
(a) Enfleda, Queen of Northumbria.
(b) Bishop Colman.
(c) Alhfrith.
(d) Dalfinus.

2. Whose record of Cuthbert's death did Bede use?
(a) Hwaetbehrt who succeeded him as abbot.
(b) Benedict who was a close friend of Cuthbert.
(c) Herefrith, a devout priest and abbot of Lindisfarne.
(d) Wilfrid who asked Bede to take a pilgrimage with him to Rome.

3. 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."

4. Which Northumbrian cleric does Farmer record as being trained in Lindisfarne?
(a) Cuthbert.
(b) Brendan.
(c) Columbanus.
(d) Wilfrid

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?
(a) With prayer he cured a boy that was dying.
(b) He healed a blind man who shared his bread with them.
(c) He fed the village a healthy stew made from nothing but a pot of water and three round stones.
(d) He received wood from birds and animals to provide for a fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. After he listened to the chastisement, what does Bede report to be Cuthbert's response?

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

3. Which Irish apostle, according to Farmer, became famous for the founding of the Bobbio and Saint-Gall monasteries.

4. What was the quote from the Psalms that Bede used to support God's hand in the event?

5. To whom did Cuthbert prophesy his own death, according to Bede?

(see the answer key)

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