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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom did Cuthbert prophesy his own death, according to Bede?
(a) Hereberht, the hermit.
(b) Benedict Biscop.
(c) Bede.
(d) The residents on the island Lindisfarne.

2. How does Bede claim Christian converts profaned their faith in Chapter 9?
(a) With their works.
(b) With their sloth.
(c) With the coarse language.
(d) With their ill-gotten gains.

3. What were two things that Bede said he avoided in the prologue?
(a) Criticism and pessimism.
(b) Judgementalism and piety.
(c) Ambiguity and hair-splitting.
(d) Doctrine and legalism.

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

5. How many texts does D.H. Farmer report in the Introduction comprise "The Age of Bede"?
(a) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Farmer credit with writing the earliest "Life of Cuthbert"?

2. Which Old Testament prophet does Bede first quote in the first paragraph of Chapter One?

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

4. What term does Farmer use to identify a community of monks?

5. Who was the wicked queen who Stephanus wrote persecuted the church and martyred nine bishops?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Bede report presided over a great synod that selected Cuthbert as Bishop of Lindisfarne?

2. Who does Bede claim chastised Cuthbert as a youth for indulging in childish games when God had a plan for his life?

3. What unique power does Bede claim that Cuthbert's prayers held?

4. According to Farmer, why is Stephanus's "Life of Wilfrid" unique among all literature?

5. Why does Farmer consider Bede's "Lives of the Abbots" historically significant?

6. Who does Stephanus report that Wilfred nominated to become abbot after his death?

7. How does Stephanus report King Theodoric of the Franks rejected a letter requesting Wilfred be returned dead or alive to his see to face trial?

8. What is Farmer's closing opinion of the texts of "The Age of Bede"?

9. From whom did Bede record the details of Cuthbert's death?

10. Why does Farmer consider the lives of the men profiled in "The Age of Bede" important to the Christian history of their region?

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