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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Cuthbert's Friday fast broken on one occasion at the vesper's hour according to Bede?
(a) An angel disgused as an old man fixed him a meal of rice and cakes.
(b) Cuthbert's horse pulled on a straw from the roof where he rested that was connected to a bundle of food from God.
(c) Birds brought him bread from a far land.
(d) Otters brought him a meal of fish from the sea.

2. 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 fed the village a healthy stew made from nothing but a pot of water and three round stones.
(d) He healed a blind man who shared his bread with them.

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

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

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

6. In what literary form does Farmer claim Bede's "Life of Cuthbert" is written?
(a) Iambic Pentameter.
(b) Prose.
(c) Hagiography.
(d) Biography.

7. Why was Cuthbert inspired to rise from his sickbed in Chapter 8, according to Bede?
(a) Because he desired to be an inspiration to those in need.
(b) Because he did not want to neglect the responsibility God had put before him.
(c) Because he knew that God would provide him strength to carry out ministry.
(d) Because he knew that God had certainly heard the prayers of the monks praying for him.

8. 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 David and Goliath.
(c) The story of Caleb taking his mountain.
(d) The story of Gideon.

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

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

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

12. To what book does Bede refer for support of other angels who rode on horseback?
(a) The Navigato.
(b) The Psalms.
(c) The history of the Maccabees.
(d) Genesis.

13. 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) Wilfrid who asked Bede to take a pilgrimage with him to Rome.
(d) Benedict who was a close friend of Cuthbert.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What institution does Farmer suggest was responsible for the growth of monasteries in Ireland?

2. Who does Farmer claim enabled Wilfred to travel to visit other churches through Europe?

3. Where is the body of Cuthbert buried, according to Bede's record?

4. What text does Bede report that Boisil recommended to Cuthbert?

5. What does Farmer claim to be the document that the earliest monk wrote?

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