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

2. To what biblical story does Stephanus compare the event that preceded the battle between Wilfrid's party and the pagans?
(a) The story of Caleb taking his mountain.
(b) The story of David and Goliath.
(c) The story of the Israelites taking the Holy land from the Philistines.
(d) The story of Gideon.

3. Who does Stephanus claim taught Wilfrid the rules of Easter while he was in this city?
(a) Archbishop Dalfinus.
(b) Bishop Baducing.
(c) Archbishop Dalfinus.
(d) Bishop Colman.

4. Who does Farmer credit with writing the earliest "Life of Cuthbert"?
(a) Ceolfrith.
(b) Eddius Stephanus.
(c) Bede.
(d) An anonymous monk from Lindisfarne.

5. When Wilfrid's ship had run aground on the English shore and was surrounded by pagans, what event does Stephanus report occurred that preceded a battle between Wilfrid's party and the pagans?
(a) One of Wilfrid's companions killed the pagan's wizard with a stone blessed by the party from the ship.
(b) A legion of angels protected Wilfrid's companions from an attack led by a pagan wizard.
(c) Wilfrid called down angels to ward off a curse from a pagan wizard.
(d) Wilfrid blessed a stone that he used to heal a companion cursed by a pagan wizard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect did abbots in Ireland have on the influence of bishops, according to Farmer?

2. Over what issue did Wilfrid debate Bishop Colman according to Stephanus?

3. What does Stephanus claim was the King's response to the request that Wilfrid be sent to the duke?

4. Why did Bede address his prologue to its named recipient?

5. What does Farmer claim to be the document that the earliest monk wrote?

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