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

2. Where does Farmer claim that the earliest surviving manuscript of "Navigatio" was written?
(a) At the monastery at Melrose.
(b) At the monastery at Inishadroum.
(c) At the monastery at St. Maximin.
(d) At the monastery at Wearmouth.

3. 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.

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

5. Farmer asserts that the "Navigatio" is a fascinating mixture of what?
(a) Intrigue, sound doctrine, and drama.
(b) History, fact, and economic theory.
(c) Fantasy, doctrine, and mystery.
(d) Fact, fantasy, and literary borrowing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Stephanus report restored Wilfrid to his see?

3. How old was Wilfrid when Stephanus reported he left home to seek the kingdom of Heaven?

4. According to Stephanus, how did the expansion of the Kingdom that Wilfrid advised expand his authority as Bishop?

5. After his debate with Bishop Colman won him acclaim, what does Stephanus report came of Wilfrid?

Short Essay Questions

1. What statement does Stephanus write to defend the facts he reports in "The Life of Wilfred"?

2. To whom was Stephanus being obedient with his record of "The Life of Wilfred"?

3. Who does Stephanus credit with introducing Wilfred to the pope and teaching him the rules of Easter?

4. What miracle does Stephanus report occurred during the birth of Wilfred?

5. How did Cuthbert drive away crows that were invading the crops he grew while he was living as a hermit, according to Bede?

6. Why did Bede claim that he wrote "The Life of Cuthbert"?

7. Who does Stephanus claim supported Wilfred's desire to visit St. Peter's in Rome?

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

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

10. 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?

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