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

2. Why was Cuthbert inspired to rise from his sickbed in Chapter 8, according to Bede?
(a) Because he knew that God would provide him strength to carry out ministry.
(b) Because he knew that God had certainly heard the prayers of the monks praying for him.
(c) Because he did not want to neglect the responsibility God had put before him.
(d) Because he desired to be an inspiration to those in need.

3. How was Cuthbert's Friday fast broken on one occasion at the vesper's hour according to Bede?
(a) Otters brought him a meal of fish from the sea.
(b) Birds brought him bread from a far land.
(c) Cuthbert's horse pulled on a straw from the roof where he rested that was connected to a bundle of food from God.
(d) An angel disgused as an old man fixed him a meal of rice and cakes.

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

5. What does Bede report Cuthbert used to cure a sick servant to a bodyguard of King Ecgfrith?
(a) A salve brought to him by two otters.
(b) Water he blessed.
(c) A poltice delivered to him by an angel on horseback.
(d) Prayer and fasting.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many years does Farmer claim had passed before the biography of Brendan had first appeared?

3. How did Cuthbert respond to converts who were falling away from the faith, according to Bede?

4. Whose record of Cuthbert's death did Bede use?

5. Who does Farmer report to be the earliest monk of the British Isles?

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