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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. To what book does Bede refer for support of other angels who rode on horseback?
(a) The Psalms.
(b) The Navigato.
(c) The history of the Maccabees.
(d) Genesis.

2. To whom did Stephanus address his record of the "Life of Wilfrid"?
(a) Acca, his Bishop, and Tatberht, his Abbot.
(b) To Bishop Agilberht who ordained him to the priesthood.
(c) To his father.
(d) To Boniface, the archdeacon who introduced him to the pope.

3. What term does Farmer use to identify a community of monks?
(a) The Holy Knights.
(b) The Holy Priesthood.
(c) The Royal Order.
(d) Cenobites.

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

5. Which Irish apostle, according to Farmer, became famous for the founding of the Bobbio and Saint-Gall monasteries.
(a) Columbanus.
(b) Eosterwine.
(c) Hwaetberht.
(d) Brendan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The saints who are detailed in "The Age of Bede" lived in what two centuries according to Farmer?

3. Who does Stephanus report led a synod which was actually a trap to take the properties that were under Wilfrid's authority?

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

5. What was the result of the prayers Cuthbert led while he and two brethren were stranded during a sea voyage without provisions?

(see the answer key)

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