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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. What text does Bede report that Boisil recommended to Cuthbert?
(a) The Epistles of St. Peter.
(b) The Epistle of St. James, the brother of Jesus.
(c) The Gospel of Luke.
(d) St. John the Evangelist.

2. What effect did abbots in Ireland have on the influence of bishops, according to Farmer?
(a) The provided the channels for bishops to influence the population.
(b) They diminished the influence of bishops.
(c) They had no affect on the bishops.
(d) They strengthened the bishops by collecting indulgences for them.

3. Who does Bede claim first chastised Cuthbert for his idleness and his indulgences?
(a) A solemn old man.
(b) A neighbor who caught him in a prank.
(c) A three-year-old child.
(d) His maternal grandfather.

4. Farmer asserts that the "Navigatio" is a fascinating mixture of what?
(a) Fantasy, doctrine, and mystery.
(b) History, fact, and economic theory.
(c) Intrigue, sound doctrine, and drama.
(d) Fact, fantasy, and literary borrowing.

5. What was the quote from the Psalms that Bede used to support God's hand in the event?
(a) "Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings Thou has perfected praise."
(b) "A wise son accepts his father's discipline, But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke."
(c) "When you walk about they will guide you; When you sleep, they will watch over you."
(d) "I have directed you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in upright paths."

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Wilfrid when Stephanus reported he left home to seek the kingdom of Heaven?

2. To whom did Stephanus address his record of the "Life of Wilfrid"?

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

4. What was the result of the prayers Cuthbert led while he and two brethren were stranded during a sea voyage without provisions?

5. The saints who are detailed in "The Age of Bede" lived in what two centuries according to Farmer?

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