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

2. Where is the body of Cuthbert buried, according to Bede's record?
(a) In the pasture that he kept during his time as a hermit.
(b) In a stone coffin on the right side of the altar in the church of the Blessed Apostle Peter.
(c) At the bottom of the lake where he kept many prayer vigils.
(d) In the catacombs of Wearmouth monastery.

3. What miracle does Stephanus report that Wilfrid performed during the construction of the church at Hexham?
(a) He prayed for the health of the workers and all of them kept their health throughout the project.
(b) He prayed for God's provision of favorable weather and the project did not lose a day due to foul weather.
(c) He prayed over a pile of stones used in the construction and the pile was not exhausted until the church was completed.
(d) He healed through prayer a workman who fell from working on the highest part of the walls in the church.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Whose record of Cuthbert's death did Bede use?

4. What was Wilfrid's destination when he left his home, according to Stephanus?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Farmer consider "The Voyage of St. Brendan" an important text in "The Age of Bede"?

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

8. What does Farmer cite as the earliest work of "The Age of Bede," and what makes it different from the other four texts?

9. 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?

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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