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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Farmer claim to be the name of the author of the "Navigatio"?

2. What were the reasons that Stephanus gave for Wilfrid deciding to bring a dead child back to life in the village of On Tiddanufri?

3. Who did Bede report reviewed and revised his work?

4. Why did Bede address his prologue to its named recipient?

5. Where is the body of Cuthbert buried, according to Bede's record?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does Bede report presided over a great synod that selected Cuthbert as Bishop of Lindisfarne?

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

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

7. What are the five texts that make up the "Age of Bede"?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Stephanus reports several episodes during which Wilfrid's service is challenged and his life is even threatened. Choose one of those events and identify the cause of the challenge, how Wilfrid dealt with the challenge, how he was delivered from the challenge, and the eventual consequences of the challenge to Wilfrid and those who brought it.

Essay Topic 2

Some of the accounts presented in "The Age of Bede" contain more fantastical events than others. All are considered histories. Pick the account you find most similar to the way historical accounts are written today and describe the similarities.

Essay Topic 3

Benedict's plans for the monasteries helped to construct helped to bring innovations in both Christian and construction practices. Identify an innovation from each field that he introduced to England through the abbeys at Wearmouth and Jarrow.

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