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

2. What animal does Bede claim ministered to Cuthbert after he spent a night in prayer in the water off the sea shore?
(a) An eagle.
(b) Two otters.
(c) A fawn.
(d) A dog.

3. Which Old Testament prophet does Bede first quote in the first paragraph of Chapter One?
(a) Jeremiah.
(b) Elijah.
(c) Elisha.
(d) Daniel.

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

5. To whom did Bede write the prologue to his "Life of Cuthbert"?
(a) Christians of who were served by his ministry.
(b) Bishop Eadfrid.
(c) Christians of future generations.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Bede claim came of the person to whom Cuthbert prophesied his death?

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

5. What were two things that Bede said he avoided in the prologue?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who does Farmer identify as the two subjects from "The Age of Bede" who were from Northumbria?

4. 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?

5. To whom did Bede write "The Life of Cuthbert"?

6. What does Bede report a monk witnessed when he followed Cuthbert to spy on an evening prayer vigil?

7. Who does Bede cite as helping him revise the text of "The Life of Cuthbert"?

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

9. Why was Wilfred sent to prison, according to Stephanus?

10. Who does Bede credit with healing Cuthbert from a childhood disease that made him lame?

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