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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Eddius Stephanus: Life of Wilfred.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who kept Wilfrid until Stephanus claimed he could meet with suitable travelers as he began his journey to St. Peter's see?
(a) Bishop Agilberht.
(b) Biscop Baducing.
(c) Archbishop Dalfinus.
(d) Queen Eanfled's cousin, King Erconberht of Kent.
2. How does Bede claim Cuthbert kept birds from eating the barley crop he grew as he lived in isolation as a monk?
(a) He said, "God will banish your souls to condemnation should you be robbing from His anointed."
(b) He invented the scarecrow.
(c) He kept a week-long prayer and fast to appeal to God to deliver his crops from the offending birds.
(d) He said, ". . . If God has given you permission, then do as He bade you: if not, be off with you, . . ."
3. Where did Stephanus report Wilfrid first settled after being chased from his see?
(a) Wearmouth.
(b) Friesland.
(c) Gaul.
(d) Lichfield.
4. Which document by Bede, according to Farmer, acts as a biography and a local history?
(a) "Lives of the Abbots."
(b) "The Life of Cuthbert."
(c) "The Life of Wilfrid."
(d) "The History of Abbot Ceolfrith."
5. Farmer asserts that the "Navigatio" is a fascinating mixture of what?
(a) Fact, fantasy, and literary borrowing.
(b) Intrigue, sound doctrine, and drama.
(c) History, fact, and economic theory.
(d) Fantasy, doctrine, and mystery.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Bede report Cuthbert used to cure a sick servant to a bodyguard of King Ecgfrith?
2. What does Farmer report came of Cuthbert after he spent many years in a monastery?
3. To what biblical story does Stephanus compare the event that preceded the battle between Wilfrid's party and the pagans?
4. Why did Bede address his prologue to its named recipient?
5. How many years does Farmer claim had passed before the biography of Brendan had first appeared?
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