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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. Which Irish apostle, according to Farmer, became famous for the founding of the Bobbio and Saint-Gall monasteries.
(a) Columbanus.
(b) Eosterwine.
(c) Brendan.
(d) Hwaetberht.

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

3. Who does Farmer report to be the earliest monk of the British Isles?
(a) Cuthbert, a hermit of Lindisfarne.
(b) Benedict, a Roman bishop.
(c) Ceolfrith, a monk of Wearmouth.
(d) Brendan, an Irish monk.

4. Where does Stephanus claim peace was achieved between Wilfrid and his enemies?
(a) Lichfield.
(b) The Holy Synod.
(c) Friesland.
(d) The Synod of Nidd.

5. To what book does Bede refer for support of other angels who rode on horseback?
(a) The history of the Maccabees.
(b) The Navigato.
(c) The Psalms.
(d) Genesis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Eosterwine during Benedict's fifth journey to Rome, according to Bede?

2. How were Benedict and Sigfrith able to meet with each other shortly before they died from their illnesses, according to Bede?

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

4. What animal does Bede claim ministered to Cuthbert after he spent a night in prayer in the water off the sea shore?

5. What does Bede claim came of the person to whom Cuthbert prophesied his death?

(see the answer key)

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