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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. What did the anonymous author infer to be Ceolfrith's method of avoiding the plague that took the lives of many monks?
(a) He had secluded himself for a season of prayer.
(b) He had secluded himself as a hermit before the plague hit his region.
(c) He was fastidious in keeping his residence clean and observed Jewish cleaning laws.
(d) He was delayed in Rome finding supplies for the new monastery.

2. How many monks did the anonymous author report Ceolfrith left behind at his monasteries?
(a) 50.
(b) 150.
(c) 60.
(d) 600.

3. Who was finally found to travel to St. Peter's with Wilfrid, according to Stephanus?
(a) Bishop Baducing.
(b) King Erconberht of Kent.
(c) Boniface the Archdeacon.
(d) Archbishop Dalfinus.

4. According to Farmer, each of the saints profiled in "The Age of Bede" were pioneers of what important church institutions?
(a) The presbytery and the Holy Roman Empire.
(b) Indulgences, monasticism, and chanting.
(c) Monasticism and the primacy of the spiritual.
(d) The Sacraments, baptism, and confession.

5. What does Bede trace as Eosterwine's relationship to Benedict?
(a) They were cousins.
(b) They were theological rivals.
(c) They were brothers.
(d) They were in-laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what two countries does Farmer claim "The Age of Bede" to be an important source of early Christian Church history?

2. Who does Stephanus claim influenced Ecgfrith to drive Wilfrid from his see?

3. What did some of the monks who buried Ceolfrith take to Rome on his behalf, according to the anonymous author?

4. How was Cuthbert's Friday fast broken on one occasion at the vesper's hour according to Bede?

5. Who donated the land for Benedict to build a monastery in Northumbria, according to Bede?

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