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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. Farmer asserts that the "Navigatio" is a fascinating mixture of what?
(a) Fact, fantasy, and literary borrowing.
(b) History, fact, and economic theory.
(c) Fantasy, doctrine, and mystery.
(d) Intrigue, sound doctrine, and drama.

2. What does Bede claim came of the person to whom Cuthbert prophesied his death?
(a) Cuthbert blessed him and he lived many years after receiving the prophesy.
(b) He died at the same time as Cuthbert.
(c) He passed the story of Cuthbert's death to Bede.
(d) He was made abbot of lindisfarne.

3. Which Old Testament prophet does Bede first quote in the first paragraph of Chapter One?
(a) Elisha.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Jeremiah.
(d) Elijah.

4. For what two countries does Farmer claim "The Age of Bede" to be an important source of early Christian Church history?
(a) England and France.
(b) Ireland and The Netherlands.
(c) England and Ireland.
(d) Rome and Ireland.

5. What does Farmer identify as the basic theme of the "Navigatio"?
(a) The healing mysteries of faith.
(b) The quest for paradise on earth.
(c) The cleansing influence of virtue.
(d) The miraculous power of prayer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Farmer claim to be the name of the author of the "Navigatio"?

2. Who does Bede report gave Cuthbert a cure for a tumor on his knee?

3. What animal does Bede claim ministered to Cuthbert after he spent a night in prayer in the water off the sea shore?

4. Who does Farmer credit with writing the earliest "Life of Cuthbert"?

5. What text does Bede report that Boisil recommended to Cuthbert?

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