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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What example does the anonymous author claim that Ceolfrith took from his brother Cynefrith?
(a) Establishing a work schedule that required all monks spend time copying Bibles.
(b) Leaving the care of his monastery to younger men to go on a pilgrimage to Rome in his later years.
(c) Holding the monks under his authority to high moral standards.
(d) Requiring all duties to be done before meals were to be shared.

3. What custom arose from the burial of Ceolfrith?
(a) Wearing black for mourning.
(b) Praying the Psalms prior to kneeling at Ceolfrith's tomb.
(c) Placing flowers on a grave.
(d) Having a celebration with friends which eventually became known as a wake.

4. What illness does Bede report came to Benedict shortly after Sigfrith became abbot of Wearmouth?
(a) He suffered creeping paralysis.
(b) Leprosy.
(c) He was taken by consumption.
(d) The plague.

5. At what age does the anonymous author of Ceolfrith's history claim he became a monk?
(a) 16.
(b) 11.
(c) 22.
(d) 18.

6. How does the anonymous author claim Brendan's party finally arrived to the island they had been seeking?
(a) They were carried by angels after winds had died.
(b) By riding on the back of a whale.
(c) A fair wind sprang up and saved them from being overtaxed by the effort of rowing.
(d) They rowed vigorously for 40 days.

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

8. To where had Bredan's son fled to live the life of a hermit with other monks, according to the story recorded by the anonymous author?
(a) The Meadow of Miracles.
(b) The Island of Delights.
(c) The Land of Promise of the Saints.
(d) The Valley of Virtue.

9. To where did Brendan's son invite him to travel, according to the anonymous writer?
(a) To the Land of Promise of the Saints.
(b) To the Meadow of Miracles.
(c) To the Island of Delights.
(d) To the Valley of Virtue.

10. What monastery construction on the north bank of Wear was funded by Benedict, according to Bede?
(a) Ripon.
(b) Melrose.
(c) Northumbria.
(d) St. Peter's Monastery.

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

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

13. To what abbey does Bede report Benedict named Eosterwine?
(a) Ripon.
(b) Jarrow.
(c) Wearmouth.
(d) Melrose.

14. In what book from the Bible does Bede claim Benedict took comfort during nights he could not sleep during his illness?
(a) Psalms.
(b) Proverbs.
(c) Ecclesiastes.
(d) Job.

15. To whose honor was the monastery that Ceolfrith helped to build dedicated, according to the anonymous author?
(a) St. Luke the Physician.
(b) St. Peter the Apostle.
(c) St. John the Apostel.
(d) St. Paul the Apostle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were Benedict and Sigfrith able to meet with each other shortly before they died from their illnesses, according to Bede?

2. Who does the anonymous author claim presided over the monastery before Ceolfrith joined it?

3. During their journey, what did they discover surrounded Judas Iscariot?

4. What quote does the anonymous author of Ceolfrith's history use to advise readers of his work?

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

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