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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Anonymous History of Abbot Ceolfrith.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the anonymous author credit with providing master builders for the monastery that Ceolfrith helped to build?
(a) Bishop Wilford.
(b) Tunbert.
(c) Abbot Botulf.
(d) Abbot Torthelm.

2. Who did the anonymous author claim chose Ceolfrith to help him build a monastery?
(a) Brendan.
(b) Sigfrith.
(c) Cuthbert.
(d) Abbot Benedict.

3. What came of a phantom fire that came upon a village while Bede reports that Cuthbert was teaching on the distractions of the devil?
(a) Strong winds blew the fires away as soon as Cuthbert prayed for deliverance.
(b) An angel extinguished the flames with a mighty blow of his trumpet.
(c) God brought a torrent of rain that extinguished the phantom.
(d) They disappeared into thin air as Cuthbert prayed.

4. Whose death was Ceolfrith compared in the letter from Rome?
(a) Noah who died after he had delivered his family through the flood.
(b) Enoch who did not die, but walked with God.
(c) St. John who died after he had delivered the Revelation.
(d) Moses and Aaron who died before they could enter the Promised Land.

5. What practice did Ceolfrith pass on to the monks who joined him in building the new monastery?
(a) Singing the Psalms, reading in church, and singing antiphons.
(b) Interpreting scripture and rheotoric.
(c) Copying Bibles, interpreting scripture, and singing the Psalms.
(d) Copying Bibles and fasting on Fridays.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bede report Cuthbert used to cure a sick servant to a bodyguard of King Ecgfrith?

2. What does Bede claim came of the person to whom Cuthbert prophesied his death?

3. What sign does Stephanus claim that God used to indicate that Wilfrid would serve him in the future?

4. Who does Bede claim first chastised Cuthbert for his idleness and his indulgences?

5. What does Bede claim Cuthbert did to convert water to wine as he stayed at a convent in Tyne?

(see the answer key)

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