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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 term does Farmer use to identify a community of monks?

2. What does Bede claim Cuthbert did to convert water to wine as he stayed at a convent in Tyne?

3. Which Irish apostle, according to Farmer, became famous for the founding of the Bobbio and Saint-Gall monasteries.

4. How did Cuthbert respond to converts who were falling away from the faith, according to Bede?

5. How many Latin manuscripts of this document does Farmer claim still exists?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ceolfrith, Eosterwin, Sigfrith, and Hwaetbehrt all made different contributions to the Abbeys at Wearmouth and Jarrow. Choose two of the abbots and detail a contribution each made to the abbey and how the separate contributions worked together to strengthen the mission of the abbeys.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout his service in ministry, Wilfrid won the support of various influential figures in the Church and politics. Find one such example of a Christian leader supporting his ministry and another of a political leader supporting him. Compare what made the two figures come to the support of Wilfrid, how the support validated his ministry, and how it benefited those whom Wilfrid served.

Essay Topic 3

"The Voyage of St. Brendan" has a significantly different tone than do the other accounts from the books in "The Age of Bede." Identify the nature of that difference and, using D.H. Farmer's introduction, support the reasons for those differences from that text.

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