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Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did a demon leave the wife of Sheriff Hildmer as he and Cuthbert approached his home, according to Bede?
(a) Because the demon realized that God would come at Cuthbert's call.
(b) The angels that always walked ahead of Cuthbert battled the angels as the wife of the sheriff slept.
(c) The demon could not stand the approaching of the Holy Spirit that resided in Cuthbert.
(d) Because Cuthbert had prayed that God would remove the demon before the Sheriff had returned to his home.

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

4. In what city did Stephanus report Wilfrid's traveling companion leave him after they started their journey to St. Peter's?
(a) Rome.
(b) Gaul.
(c) Venice.
(d) Lyons.

5. Who gave Wilfrid the monastery at Ripon according to Stephanus?
(a) Alhfrith.
(b) King Ecgfrith.
(c) King Oswiu.
(d) Bishop Winfrid.

6. What sign does Stephanus claim was sent to prove that God intended Wilfred to be a saint?
(a) God brought defeat to kings who opposed him.
(b) The seas were calmed after storms shiprwrecked his party.
(c) He brought a baby back from death.
(d) God sent an angel to protect the monastery at Oundle.

7. What does Farmer claim to be the name of the author of the "Navigatio"?
(a) Unknown.
(b) Brendan.
(c) Eddius Stephanus.
(d) Bede.

8. Which document by Bede, according to Farmer, acts as a biography and a local history?
(a) "The Life of Cuthbert."
(b) "The History of Abbot Ceolfrith."
(c) "The Life of Wilfrid."
(d) "Lives of the Abbots."

9. Of what does Stephanus claim Wilfrid accused English bishops prior to his journey to Gaul?
(a) Being too strict with moral limits.
(b) Being corrupt with indulgences.
(c) Being similar in ideology to Celts.
(d) Being too stiff in worship services.

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

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

12. What does Stephanus claim was the King's response to the request that Wilfrid be sent to the duke?
(a) He promptly captured Wilfrid and sent him back to the petitioner, but God spared Wilfrid the condemnation.
(b) He tore up the scroll upon which the request was written in the audience of his court.
(c) The king ignored the request.
(d) He sent back a message that he had already executed Wilfrid to buy him time to escape.

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

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

15. What institution does Farmer suggest was responsible for the growth of monasteries in Ireland?
(a) The family.
(b) The Nobility.
(c) The Clergy.
(d) The government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Wilfrid's destination when he left his home, according to Stephanus?

2. What came of a phantom fire that came upon a village while Bede reports that Cuthbert was teaching on the distractions of the devil?

3. How many Latin manuscripts of this document does Farmer claim still exists?

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?

5. To whom did Cuthbert prophesy his own death, according to Bede?

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