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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What miracle does Stephanus report that Wilfrid performed during the construction of the church at Hexham?
(a) He prayed for God's provision of favorable weather and the project did not lose a day due to foul weather.
(b) He healed through prayer a workman who fell from working on the highest part of the walls in the church.
(c) He prayed over a pile of stones used in the construction and the pile was not exhausted until the church was completed.
(d) He prayed for the health of the workers and all of them kept their health throughout the project.

3. What does Bede report Cuthbert used to cure a sick servant to a bodyguard of King Ecgfrith?
(a) Water he blessed.
(b) A poltice delivered to him by an angel on horseback.
(c) A salve brought to him by two otters.
(d) Prayer and fasting.

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

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

6. What does Farmer claim draws readers across the ages to the lives profiled in "The Age of Bede"?
(a) The colorful detail with which the ancient times are reported.
(b) The accurate history of various leaders in the region.
(c) The ideals and the scale of values of "The Age of Bede's" great men.
(d) The mystical accounting of miracles.

7. Whose record of Cuthbert's death did Bede use?
(a) Hwaetbehrt who succeeded him as abbot.
(b) Herefrith, a devout priest and abbot of Lindisfarne.
(c) Benedict who was a close friend of Cuthbert.
(d) Wilfrid who asked Bede to take a pilgrimage with him to Rome.

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

9. What was the result of the prayers Cuthbert led while he and two brethren were stranded during a sea voyage without provisions?
(a) Angels mended their ship while the two brethren slept and Cuthbert kept a prayer vigil.
(b) They were provided with dolphin meat and calm seas.
(c) A whale came to deliver them to their destination.
(d) God ended the storm and provided a passing ship to carry them to their destination.

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

11. Who does Stephanus report restored Wilfrid to his see?
(a) Boniface.
(b) Pope Agatho and the Holy Synod.
(c) King Ecgfrith.
(d) Archbishop Berhtrwald.

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

13. Which of the works in "The Age of Bede" does Farmer claim was popular during the Middle Ages?
(a) "The Life of Wilfrid."
(b) "Voyage of St. Brendan."
(c) " The Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow."
(d) "The Life of Cuthbert."

14. Who does Farmer credit with writing the earliest "Life of Cuthbert"?
(a) Eddius Stephanus.
(b) Bede.
(c) Ceolfrith.
(d) An anonymous monk from Lindisfarne.

15. For what two countries does Farmer claim "The Age of Bede" to be an important source of early Christian Church history?
(a) England and France.
(b) Ireland and The Netherlands.
(c) Rome and Ireland.
(d) England and Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the quote from the Psalms that Bede used to support God's hand in the event?

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?

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

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

5. To what office did Stephanus claim Agilberht ordained Wilfrid?

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