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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Bede, Life of Cuthbert.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How was Cuthbert's Friday fast broken on one occasion at the vesper's hour according to Bede?
(a) An angel disgused as an old man fixed him a meal of rice and cakes.
(b) Birds brought him bread from a far land.
(c) Cuthbert's horse pulled on a straw from the roof where he rested that was connected to a bundle of food from God.
(d) Otters brought him a meal of fish from the sea.

3. Why did Bede address his prologue to its named recipient?
(a) To affirm he virtues of Cuthbert to those whom he served.
(b) So the reader would know that the work was undertaken in compliance with the Bishop's wishes.
(c) To show his father that his devotion was being manifested in good works.
(d) To assure future Christians that the church was founded by men of reliable virtue.

4. Which document by Bede, according to Farmer, acts as a biography and a local history?
(a) "Lives of the Abbots."
(b) "The Life of Wilfrid."
(c) "The History of Abbot Ceolfrith."
(d) "The Life of Cuthbert."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first miracle that Bede reports that Cuthbert performed?

2. What did Bede claim to be Cuthbert's preoccupation when he was still eight years old?

3. To whom did Cuthbert prophesy his own death, according to Bede?

4. Where does Farmer claim that the earliest surviving manuscript of "Navigatio" was written?

5. To what book does Bede refer for support of other angels who rode on horseback?

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