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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Voyage of Saint Brendan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon their second meeting of the creatures who were fallen angels, what was announced to Brendan and his party, according to the anonymous author?
(a) God would take them safely home.
(b) Brendan and his party would spend a year at four different places that were to represent the four seasons of the year.
(c) Brendan and his party would come to what appeared to be a rocky island, but was not.
(d) Their voyage was nearly over.

2. Where does Farmer claim that the earliest surviving manuscript of "Navigatio" was written?
(a) At the monastery at St. Maximin.
(b) At the monastery at Wearmouth.
(c) At the monastery at Inishadroum.
(d) At the monastery at Melrose.

3. Who does Farmer claim enabled Wilfred to travel to visit other churches through Europe?
(a) Bishop Colman.
(b) Dalfinus.
(c) Alhfrith.
(d) Enfleda, Queen of Northumbria.

4. Who does Bede write about as the abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow?
(a) Benedict, Cuthbert, Wilfrid, and Brendan.
(b) Benedict, Ceolfrith, Ahlfrid, and Ecgfrith.
(c) Ceolfrith, Eosterwine, Cuthbert, and Colman.
(d) Benedict, Ceolfrith, Eosterwine, Sigfrith, and Hwaetberht.

5. How often did the traveling party eat on the journey away from the island?
(a) Every two days.
(b) Every three days.
(c) Two times a day.
(d) Three times a day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Benedict's council to those who visited him while he suffered his illness, according to Bede?

2. What were the reasons that Stephanus gave for Wilfrid deciding to bring a dead child back to life in the village of On Tiddanufri?

3. How many monks did the anonymous author report Ceolfrith took with him to complete the new construction that King Egfrith sponsored?

4. What custom arose from the burial of Ceolfrith?

5. How does Bede claim Cuthbert kept birds from eating the barley crop he grew as he lived in isolation as a monk?

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