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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the king who Stephanus reported to follow Wilfrid's guidance to win victories over the Picts and Mercia?
(a) King Erconbehrt.
(b) King Alhfrith.
(c) King Oswiu.
(d) King Ecgfrith.

2. 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 used the miracle to frighten off pagans who were gathering to kill him.
(b) Wilfrid had no doubt about the power of Christ and was impressed by the faith of the mother.
(c) Wilfrid knew that such a miracle would bring many pagans to Christ.
(d) Wilfrid sought to use the miracle to affirm the power of Christ in the village that was back sliding.

3. Who granted Wilfrid to preach in his first destination after being chased from his see?
(a) King Dagobert.
(b) King Aldgisi.
(c) King Ecgfrith.
(d) King Perctarit.

4. The saints who are detailed in "The Age of Bede" lived in what two centuries according to Farmer?
(a) The fourth and fifth B.C.
(b) The sixth and seventh A.D.
(c) The fifth and sixth A.D.
(d) The sixth and seventh B.C.

5. What does Farmer identify as the basic theme of the "Navigatio"?
(a) The miraculous power of prayer.
(b) The healing mysteries of faith.
(c) The quest for paradise on earth.
(d) The cleansing influence of virtue.

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

7. Who was finally found to travel to St. Peter's with Wilfrid, according to Stephanus?
(a) Bishop Baducing.
(b) Archbishop Dalfinus.
(c) Boniface the Archdeacon.
(d) King Erconberht of Kent.

8. What text does Bede report that Boisil recommended to Cuthbert?
(a) The Epistle of St. James, the brother of Jesus.
(b) St. John the Evangelist.
(c) The Gospel of Luke.
(d) The Epistles of St. Peter.

9. How does Bede claim Christian converts profaned their faith in Chapter 9?
(a) With the coarse language.
(b) With their works.
(c) With their sloth.
(d) With their ill-gotten gains.

10. What does Bede claim Cuthbert did to convert water to wine as he stayed at a convent in Tyne?
(a) He spent a night's prayer vigil in a nearby lake.
(b) He drank the water from a cup.
(c) He performed a wedding and asked for God's provisions over the reception.
(d) He dipped the hem of his garment in a cask of water.

11. What was Wilfrid's destination when he left his home, according to Stephanus?
(a) Archbishop Dalfinus who hoped to adopt him as a son.
(b) The home of Biscop Baducing.
(c) King Oswiu's queen, Eanfled, to whom he was recommended by noblemen he served in his father's house.
(d) The home of King Erconberht of Kent.

12. Why did Bede address his prologue to its named recipient?
(a) So the reader would know that the work was undertaken in compliance with the Bishop's wishes.
(b) To affirm he virtues of Cuthbert to those whom he served.
(c) To show his father that his devotion was being manifested in good works.
(d) To assure future Christians that the church was founded by men of reliable virtue.

13. What came of a phantom fire that came upon a village while Bede reports that Cuthbert was teaching on the distractions of the devil?
(a) An angel extinguished the flames with a mighty blow of his trumpet.
(b) God brought a torrent of rain that extinguished the phantom.
(c) They disappeared into thin air as Cuthbert prayed.
(d) Strong winds blew the fires away as soon as Cuthbert prayed for deliverance.

14. To what biblical story does Stephanus compare the event that preceded the battle between Wilfrid's party and the pagans?
(a) The story of Gideon.
(b) The story of Caleb taking his mountain.
(c) The story of the Israelites taking the Holy land from the Philistines.
(d) The story of David and Goliath.

15. What was the first miracle that Bede reports that Cuthbert performed?
(a) He brought a sheriff's wife back to life.
(b) He healed himself of a lame leg.
(c) He calmed a wind that had nearly blown rafts carrying monks to sea with his prayers.
(d) He healed a sick boy near death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the wicked queen who Stephanus wrote persecuted the church and martyred nine bishops?

3. Which Old Testament prophet does Bede first quote in the first paragraph of Chapter One?

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

5. According to Farmer, each of the saints profiled in "The Age of Bede" were pioneers of what important church institutions?

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