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

2. Who granted Wilfrid to preach in his first destination after being chased from his see?
(a) King Ecgfrith.
(b) King Aldgisi.
(c) King Perctarit.
(d) King Dagobert.

3. Which duke of Theodoric petitioned the king over the land Wilfrid where was preaching to have Wilfrid sent to him dead or alive, according to Stephanus?
(a) Winfrid.
(b) Oertarut.
(c) Ebroin.
(d) Agatho.

4. How many years does Farmer claim had passed before the biography of Brendan had first appeared?
(a) About 120.
(b) About 200.
(c) About 210.
(d) About 20.

5. 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) Wilfrid who asked Bede to take a pilgrimage with him to Rome.
(d) Herefrith, a devout priest and abbot of Lindisfarne.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what book does Bede refer for support of other angels who rode on horseback?

3. How was Cuthbert's Friday fast broken on one occasion at the vesper's hour according to Bede?

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

5. Who does Stephanus claim influenced Ecgfrith to drive Wilfrid from his see?

(see the answer key)

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