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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) God ended the storm and provided a passing ship to carry them to their destination.
(c) They were provided with dolphin meat and calm seas.
(d) A whale came to deliver them to their destination.

2. 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.

3. Where did Stephanus report Wilfrid first settled after being chased from his see?
(a) Gaul.
(b) Friesland.
(c) Wearmouth.
(d) Lichfield.

4. 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.

5. How did Cuthbert respond to converts who were falling away from the faith, according to Bede?
(a) He chastised them with harsh sermons.
(b) He ministered to them directly by showing them a life of Christian integrity.
(c) He secluded himself and prayed fervently for their integrity.
(d) He traveled to villages to preach the way of truth.

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

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

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

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

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

11. What term does Farmer use to identify a community of monks?
(a) Cenobites.
(b) The Holy Knights.
(c) The Holy Priesthood.
(d) The Royal Order.

12. 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?
(a) Winfrid.
(b) Ebroin.
(c) Agatho.
(d) Oertarut.

13. 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) England and Ireland.
(c) Ireland and The Netherlands.
(d) Rome and Ireland.

14. To what office did Stephanus claim Agilberht ordained Wilfrid?
(a) Abbot.
(b) Bishop.
(c) Cardinal.
(d) Priest.

15. What effect did abbots in Ireland have on the influence of bishops, according to Farmer?
(a) The provided the channels for bishops to influence the population.
(b) They diminished the influence of bishops.
(c) They had no affect on the bishops.
(d) They strengthened the bishops by collecting indulgences for them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Stephanus claim peace was achieved between Wilfrid and his enemies?

3. Farmer asserts that the "Navigatio" is a fascinating mixture of what?

4. How does Bede claim Cuthbert kept birds from eating the barley crop he grew as he lived in isolation as a monk?

5. In what literary form does Farmer claim Bede's "Life of Cuthbert" is written?

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