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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Bede, Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what royal family does Bede claim Benedict descended?
(a) The Egfrid Lineage.
(b) The Theodoric lineage.
(c) The Angle lineage.
(d) The Windsor lineage.

2. Who does Stephanus claim introduced Wilfrid to the Pope?
(a) Archbishop Dalfinus.
(b) Boniface the archdeacon.
(c) Bishop Colman.
(d) Bishop Baducing.

3. What happened to Eosterwine during Benedict's fifth journey to Rome, according to Bede?
(a) The pope beckoned Eosterwine to Rome.
(b) Eostewine and a number of monks died from the plague.
(c) Eosterwine became abbot of Jarrow.
(d) Eosterwine starved during a siege of Wearmouth.

4. Who does Stephanus claim influenced Ecgfrith to drive Wilfrid from his see?
(a) Ecgfrith's queen, Iurminbrugh.
(b) Bishop Colman.
(c) Bishop Winfrid.
(d) King Dagobert.

5. What was the result of the prayers Cuthbert led while he and two brethren were stranded during a sea voyage without provisions?
(a) God ended the storm and provided a passing ship to carry them to their destination.
(b) A whale came to deliver them to their destination.
(c) Angels mended their ship while the two brethren slept and Cuthbert kept a prayer vigil.
(d) They were provided with dolphin meat and calm seas.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years does Farmer claim had passed before the biography of Brendan had first appeared?

2. Who does Farmer credit with writing the earliest "Life of Cuthbert"?

3. How long did Eosterwine serve as abbot over Wearmouth, according to Bede?

4. What was the quote from the Psalms that Bede used to support God's hand in the event?

5. What does Farmer claim draws readers across the ages to the lives profiled in "The Age of Bede"?

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