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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. In what city did Stephanus report Wilfrid's traveling companion leave him after they started their journey to St. Peter's?
(a) Gaul.
(b) Venice.
(c) Rome.
(d) Lyons.

2. What does Farmer report came of Cuthbert after he spent many years in a monastery?
(a) He became an usher in the Holy See.
(b) He became a priest.
(c) He became a hermit.
(d) He was appointed Bishop.

3. Why did a demon leave the wife of Sheriff Hildmer as he and Cuthbert approached his home, according to Bede?
(a) The demon could not stand the approaching of the Holy Spirit that resided in Cuthbert.
(b) The angels that always walked ahead of Cuthbert battled the angels as the wife of the sheriff slept.
(c) Because Cuthbert had prayed that God would remove the demon before the Sheriff had returned to his home.
(d) Because the demon realized that God would come at Cuthbert's call.

4. In what literary form does Farmer claim Bede's "Life of Cuthbert" is written?
(a) Biography.
(b) Prose.
(c) Hagiography.
(d) Iambic Pentameter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sign does Stephanus claim that God used to indicate that Wilfrid would serve him in the future?

2. How many texts does D.H. Farmer report in the Introduction comprise "The Age of Bede"?

3. What kind of battles does Farmer report the church leaders in "The Age of Bede" fought?

4. Who does Bede report provided the land for St. Peter's Monastery?

5. What came of a phantom fire that came upon a village while Bede reports that Cuthbert was teaching on the distractions of the devil?

(see the answer key)

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