View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Eddius Stephanus: Life of Wilfred.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what literary form does Farmer claim Bede's "Life of Cuthbert" is written?
(a) Hagiography.
(b) Prose.
(c) Biography.
(d) Iambic Pentameter.

2. What does Farmer claim to be the document that the earliest monk wrote?
(a) "The Life of Wilfrid".
(b) "The Navigatio".
(c) "The Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow".
(d) "The Life of Cuthbert".

3. Who does Stephanus report restored Wilfrid to his see?
(a) Boniface.
(b) Pope Agatho and the Holy Synod.
(c) King Ecgfrith.
(d) Archbishop Berhtrwald.

4. Where does Stephanus claim peace was achieved between Wilfrid and his enemies?
(a) Friesland.
(b) The Holy Synod.
(c) Lichfield.
(d) The Synod of Nidd.

5. How many texts does D.H. Farmer report in the Introduction comprise "The Age of Bede"?
(a) Seven.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bede claim Cuthbert did to convert water to wine as he stayed at a convent in Tyne?

2. Why does Farmer credit this institution with the spread of monasteries in Ireland?

3. How does Bede claim Christian converts profaned their faith in Chapter 9?

4. According to Stephanus, how did the expansion of the Kingdom that Wilfrid advised expand his authority as Bishop?

5. Who did Bede report reviewed and revised his work?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 349 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample