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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Bede, Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Eosterwine during Benedict's fifth journey to Rome, according to Bede?
(a) Eostewine and a number of monks died from the plague.
(b) The pope beckoned Eosterwine to Rome.
(c) Eosterwine starved during a siege of Wearmouth.
(d) Eosterwine became abbot of Jarrow.

2. What principal apostle of Ireland does Farmer claim encouraged monasticism for men and women?
(a) St. Benedict.
(b) St. Brendan.
(c) St. Patrick.
(d) St. Ceolfrith.

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

4. Who donated the land for Benedict to build a monastery in Northumbria, according to Bede?
(a) The Holy Synod.
(b) King Dagobert.
(c) King Ecgfrith.
(d) King Egfrid.

5. Who does Stephanus claim introduced Wilfrid to the Pope?
(a) Boniface the archdeacon.
(b) Bishop Baducing.
(c) Bishop Colman.
(d) Archbishop Dalfinus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What foundation does Bede credit Benedict with beginning?

2. How old was Wilfrid when Stephanus reported he left home to seek the kingdom of Heaven?

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

4. What does Bede record to be Benedict's orders regarding the books he had brought back from his several trips to Rome?

5. Why was Cuthbert inspired to rise from his sickbed in Chapter 8, according to Bede?

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