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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sign does Stephanus claim that God used to indicate that Wilfrid would serve him in the future?
(a) Birds gathered to sing praises to God as Wilfrid was born.
(b) A fiery demon was chased from his village by a torrent provided by God.
(c) The house where he was being born caught fire but was not consumed.
(d) An angel disguised as a horseman helped with Wilfrid's delivery.

2. What does Bede claim came of the person to whom Cuthbert prophesied his death?
(a) He passed the story of Cuthbert's death to Bede.
(b) Cuthbert blessed him and he lived many years after receiving the prophesy.
(c) He was made abbot of lindisfarne.
(d) He died at the same time as Cuthbert.

3. Which cleric does Farmer identify as coming from Northumbria and trained at Melrose?
(a) Wilfrid.
(b) Cuthbert.
(c) Columbanus.
(d) Columba of Iona.

4. What miracle did Cuthbert perform when he brought the Holy Ghost to a village that could only provide tents for him and his retinue?
(a) With prayer he cured a boy that was dying.
(b) He received wood from birds and animals to provide for a fire.
(c) He healed a blind man who shared his bread with them.
(d) He fed the village a healthy stew made from nothing but a pot of water and three round stones.

5. How many years does Farmer claim had passed before the biography of Brendan had first appeared?
(a) About 200.
(b) About 210.
(c) About 120.
(d) About 20.

6. Who does Stephanus report led a synod which was actually a trap to take the properties that were under Wilfrid's authority?
(a) Archdeacon Boniface.
(b) Bishop Colman.
(c) Pope Agatho.
(d) Archbishop Berhtwald.

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

8. Who did Bede report reviewed and revised his work?
(a) Benedict.
(b) Ceolfrith.
(c) Wilfrid.
(d) The Priest Herefrith.

9. How old was Wilfrid when Stephanus reported he left home to seek the kingdom of Heaven?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 21.
(d) 18.

10. To whom did Bede write the prologue to his "Life of Cuthbert"?
(a) Christians of future generations.
(b) Christians of who were served by his ministry.
(c) Bishop Eadfrid.
(d) His father.

11. Who does Bede claim first chastised Cuthbert for his idleness and his indulgences?
(a) A solemn old man.
(b) A three-year-old child.
(c) A neighbor who caught him in a prank.
(d) His maternal grandfather.

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

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

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

15. How does Bede claim Cuthbert kept birds from eating the barley crop he grew as he lived in isolation as a monk?
(a) He kept a week-long prayer and fast to appeal to God to deliver his crops from the offending birds.
(b) He said, ". . . If God has given you permission, then do as He bade you: if not, be off with you, . . ."
(c) He said, "God will banish your souls to condemnation should you be robbing from His anointed."
(d) He invented the scarecrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose record of Cuthbert's death did Bede use?

2. What official does Farmer report presided over the community of monks?

3. What does Farmer report came of Cuthbert after he spent many years in a monastery?

4. Who does Stephanus claim introduced Wilfrid to the Pope?

5. Which duke of Theodoric petitioned the king over the land Wilfrid where was preaching to have Wilfrid sent to him dead or alive, according to Stephanus?

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