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

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 gave Wilfrid the monastery at Ripon according to Stephanus?
(a) Alhfrith.
(b) King Ecgfrith.
(c) Bishop Winfrid.
(d) King Oswiu.

4. What were Brendan's most important monasteries, according to Farmer?
(a) Clonfert, Annadown, Inishadroum, and Ardfert.
(b) Wearmouth, Jarrow, Lindisfarne, and Melrose.
(c) Northumbria, Whitby, Inishadroum, and Jarrow.
(d) Annadown, Christendom, Confert, and Melrose.

5. What were the reasons that Stephanus gave for Wilfrid deciding to bring a dead child back to life in the village of On Tiddanufri?
(a) Wilfrid had no doubt about the power of Christ and was impressed by the faith of the mother.
(b) Wilfrid knew that such a miracle would bring many pagans to Christ.
(c) Wilfrid sought to use the miracle to affirm the power of Christ in the village that was back sliding.
(d) Wilfrid used the miracle to frighten off pagans who were gathering to kill him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Bede claim Sigfrid came to be promoted from deacon to abbot after Eosterwine's left his abbey?

3. What was Wilfrid's destination when he left his home, according to Stephanus?

4. What does Farmer identify as the basic theme of the "Navigatio"?

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

(see the answer key)

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