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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. What does Farmer claim to be the name of the author of the "Navigatio"?
(a) Bede.
(b) Brendan.
(c) Unknown.
(d) Eddius Stephanus.

2. What sign does Stephanus claim was sent to prove that God intended Wilfred to be a saint?
(a) He brought a baby back from death.
(b) The seas were calmed after storms shiprwrecked his party.
(c) God sent an angel to protect the monastery at Oundle.
(d) God brought defeat to kings who opposed him.

3. Who does Stephanus report restored Wilfrid to his see?
(a) Archbishop Berhtrwald.
(b) King Ecgfrith.
(c) Pope Agatho and the Holy Synod.
(d) Boniface.

4. According to Stephanus, how did the expansion of the Kingdom that Wilfrid advised expand his authority as Bishop?
(a) Wilfrid was recognized by Rome as a powerful Bishop of England.
(b) Wilfrid became bishop over the Saxons, British, Scots, and Picts.
(c) Wilfrid used the expansion of the kingdom to claim more lands for the church.
(d) Wilfrid became wealthier from the expansion of the kingdom and used his wealth to buy support from Rome.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How was Cuthbert's Friday fast broken on one occasion at the vesper's hour according to Bede?

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

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

5. What does Stephanus claim was the King's response to the request that Wilfrid be sent to the duke?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. According to Farmer in the Introduction, how did Irish monasteries become established?

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