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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. Over what issue did Wilfrid debate Bishop Colman according to Stephanus?
(a) The role of icons in affirming faith.
(b) The specific day upon which to celebrate Easter.
(c) The parallels between Yom Kippur and Christmas.
(d) The importance of miracles in identifying saints.

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

3. When Wilfrid's ship had run aground on the English shore and was surrounded by pagans, what event does Stephanus report occurred that preceded a battle between Wilfrid's party and the pagans?
(a) Wilfrid blessed a stone that he used to heal a companion cursed by a pagan wizard.
(b) One of Wilfrid's companions killed the pagan's wizard with a stone blessed by the party from the ship.
(c) A legion of angels protected Wilfrid's companions from an attack led by a pagan wizard.
(d) Wilfrid called down angels to ward off a curse from a pagan wizard.

4. Which Northumbrian cleric does Farmer record as being trained in Lindisfarne?
(a) Brendan.
(b) Wilfrid
(c) Cuthbert.
(d) Columbanus.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the works in "The Age of Bede" does Farmer claim was popular during the Middle Ages?

3. What were Brendan's most important monasteries, according to Farmer?

4. What sign does Stephanus claim that God used to indicate that Wilfrid would serve him in the future?

5. What sign does Stephanus claim was sent to prove that God intended Wilfred to be a saint?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Stephanus claim that King Egfrith and his queen, Iurminburgh, conspired to remove Wilfred from his position as bishop?

7. When and where does Farmer write the saints covered in "The Age of Bede" lived?

8. 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?

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

10. What was the debate that Wilfred conducted with Bishop Colman, and what does Stephanus suggest it led to?

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