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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 text does Bede report that Boisil recommended to Cuthbert?
(a) The Epistles of St. Peter.
(b) St. John the Evangelist.
(c) The Epistle of St. James, the brother of Jesus.
(d) The Gospel of Luke.

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

3. Which of the works in "The Age of Bede" does Farmer claim was popular during the Middle Ages?
(a) "The Life of Wilfrid."
(b) "The Life of Cuthbert."
(c) "Voyage of St. Brendan."
(d) " The Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow."

4. To what office did Stephanus claim Agilberht ordained Wilfrid?
(a) Abbot.
(b) Cardinal.
(c) Priest.
(d) Bishop.

5. How many Latin manuscripts of this document does Farmer claim still exists?
(a) 1166
(b) 1116
(c) 116
(d) 16

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What miracle does Stephanus report that Wilfrid performed during the construction of the church at Hexham?

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

4. According to Farmer, each of the saints profiled in "The Age of Bede" were pioneers of what important church institutions?

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

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