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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 gave Wilfrid the monastery at Ripon according to Stephanus?
(a) King Oswiu.
(b) Alhfrith.
(c) King Ecgfrith.
(d) Bishop Winfrid.

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

3. How many total years does the anonymous author report that Ceolfrith ruled separately over the monasteries of St. Peter and St. Paul?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 27.
(d) 8.

4. What does Stephanus claim was the King's response to the request that Wilfrid be sent to the duke?
(a) He sent back a message that he had already executed Wilfrid to buy him time to escape.
(b) He promptly captured Wilfrid and sent him back to the petitioner, but God spared Wilfrid the condemnation.
(c) He tore up the scroll upon which the request was written in the audience of his court.
(d) The king ignored the request.

5. Whose record of Cuthbert's death did Bede use?
(a) Wilfrid who asked Bede to take a pilgrimage with him to Rome.
(b) Benedict who was a close friend of Cuthbert.
(c) Herefrith, a devout priest and abbot of Lindisfarne.
(d) Hwaetbehrt who succeeded him as abbot.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the death of Benedict, how many years does the anonymous author credit Ceolfrith with presiding over both monasteries simultaneously?

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

3. Why did a demon leave the wife of Sheriff Hildmer as he and Cuthbert approached his home, according to Bede?

4. To whom was the letter addressed?

5. Why did Benedict name Ceolfrith to be abbot over the two monasteries he helped to build, according to the anonymous author?

(see the answer key)

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