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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. Who does Bede claim first chastised Cuthbert for his idleness and his indulgences?
2. How does Bede claim Cuthbert kept birds from eating the barley crop he grew as he lived in isolation as a monk?
3. What does Farmer claim to be the document that the earliest monk wrote?
4. Who was the king who Stephanus reported to follow Wilfrid's guidance to win victories over the Picts and Mercia?
5. After he listened to the chastisement, what does Bede report to be Cuthbert's response?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the debate that Wilfred conducted with Bishop Colman, and what does Stephanus suggest it led to?
2. According to Farmer in the Introduction, how did Irish monasteries become established?
3. Why does Farmer consider the lives of the men profiled in "The Age of Bede" important to the Christian history of their region?
4. Who does Bede report presided over a great synod that selected Cuthbert as Bishop of Lindisfarne?
5. Why does Farmer consider Bede's "Lives of the Abbots" historically significant?
6. What unique power does Bede claim that Cuthbert's prayers held?
7. What is Farmer's closing opinion of the texts of "The Age of Bede"?
8. From whom did Bede record the details of Cuthbert's death?
9. Why did Bede claim that he wrote "The Life of Cuthbert"?
10. When and where does Farmer write the saints covered in "The Age of Bede" lived?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Farmer characterizes Bede's "Life of Cuthbert" as a hagiography that borrows from previously written biographies and legends of Cuthbert. Using Bede's "Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow" as a barometer for Bede's pure style for reporting historical fact, identify three examples from "The Life of Cuthbert" that can be assumed to be borrowed from previous legends and biographies and explain your choices with examples comparing "The Life of Cuthbert" with "The lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow."
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Wilfrid performed several miracles throughout the time he grew in stature and faced challenges from opponents. Find two such miracles and detail how they affirmed his Christian devotion and stood as signs to others that God was guarding his ministry.
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