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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. After his debate with Bishop Colman won him acclaim, what does Stephanus report came of Wilfrid?
(a) Wilfrid was ordained as a priest.
(b) Wilfrid became a Bishop.
(c) Wilfrid was elected to the episcopacy.
(d) Wilfrid was appointed abbot.

2. What unique collection does Bede write that Benedict brought to England from his fifth trip to Rome?
(a) Stained glass windows from France.
(b) A collection of sheet music on which to focus chants.
(c) A collection of original copies of manuscripts of the Bible.
(d) A collection of paintings of the life of Christ.

3. What does Bede record to be Benedict's orders regarding the books he had brought back from his several trips to Rome?
(a) That they be returned to Rome and the collection from which they were borrowed.
(b) That copied and spread throughout the monasteries of England.
(c) That they be kept as a single collection and not broken up piecemeal.
(d) That they be offered to the Bishop so he could consider the best use of collection.

4. Who was the wicked queen who Stephanus wrote persecuted the church and martyred nine bishops?
(a) Erconbehrt.
(b) Eanfled.
(c) Baldlhild.
(d) Iurminburgh.

5. What foundation does Bede credit Benedict with beginning?
(a) Jarrow.
(b) Melrose.
(c) Northumbria.
(d) Ripon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Bede report reviewed and revised his work?

2. Where did Stephanus report Wilfrid first settled after being chased from his see?

3. Why did a demon leave the wife of Sheriff Hildmer as he and Cuthbert approached his home, according to Bede?

4. How did Cuthbert respond to converts who were falling away from the faith, according to Bede?

5. Where does Farmer claim that the earliest surviving manuscript of "Navigatio" was written?

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