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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Cuthbert respond to converts who were falling away from the faith, according to Bede?
(a) He ministered to them directly by showing them a life of Christian integrity.
(b) He secluded himself and prayed fervently for their integrity.
(c) He traveled to villages to preach the way of truth.
(d) He chastised them with harsh sermons.

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

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

5. Of what does Stephanus claim Wilfrid accused English bishops prior to his journey to Gaul?
(a) Being too stiff in worship services.
(b) Being similar in ideology to Celts.
(c) Being too strict with moral limits.
(d) Being corrupt with indulgences.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what literary form does Farmer claim Bede's "Life of Cuthbert" is written?

2. Who does Stephanus claim taught Wilfrid the rules of Easter while he was in this city?

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

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

5. What term does Farmer use to identify a community of monks?

Short Essay Questions

1. From whom did Bede record the details of Cuthbert's death?

2. How does Stephanus report King Theodoric of the Franks rejected a letter requesting Wilfred be returned dead or alive to his see to face trial?

3. Who does Bede cite as helping him revise the text of "The Life of Cuthbert"?

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

5. Who does Bede claim chastised Cuthbert as a youth for indulging in childish games when God had a plan for his life?

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

7. What statement does Stephanus write to defend the facts he reports in "The Life of Wilfred"?

8. Who does Stephanus credit with introducing Wilfred to the pope and teaching him the rules of Easter?

9. What does Bede report a monk witnessed when he followed Cuthbert to spy on an evening prayer vigil?

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

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