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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Benedict's council to those who visited him while he suffered his illness, according to Bede?
(a) That they devote themselves to fasting and prayer.
(b) That they study scripture regularly.
(c) That they guard the monasteries at Wearmouth and Jarrow.
(d) That the ordinances he passed to them were not of his creation.

2. Who did Bede report was chosen to replace Ceolfrith?
(a) Hwaetberht.
(b) Brendan.
(c) Sigfrith.
(d) Eosterwine.

3. After his fourth trip to Rome, what does Bede report that Benedict brought back to Britain?
(a) Scholars who were trained in the interpretation of Scripture.
(b) A cantor named John who introduced the order of chanting and singing the Psalms to Britain.
(c) A large number of books on all branches of sacred knowledge.
(d) Icons from the tombs of saints to aid in the performance of miracles.

4. How long did Ceolfrith preside over the responsibilities appointed to him by Benedict?
(a) 28 years.
(b) 16 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 3 years.

5. Who met Brendan and his son during their journey?
(a) A man with an aura of shining light.
(b) A young man carrying a basket of bread.
(c) A hermit named Paul.
(d) A dog that led them to their provisions.

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

7. Who does the anonymous author claim presided over the monastery before Ceolfrith joined it?
(a) Bishop Wilford.
(b) Ceolfrith's cousin, Tunbert.
(c) Ceolfrith's brother, Cynefrith.
(d) Abbot Botulf.

8. Who does the anonymous writer record God sent to be the guide of Brendan's traveling party after they landed on the island?
(a) A boy with a basket of bread.
(b) A dog.
(c) A hermit named Paul.
(d) A man with an aura of shining light.

9. How does Bede claim Sigfrid came to be promoted from deacon to abbot after Eosterwine's left his abbey?
(a) The pope named him to the position.
(b) Benedict appointed him.
(c) He was appointed abbot by the remaining brethren at Wearmouth and by Ceolfrith.
(d) He was elected over Hwaetberht.

10. Who does the anonymous author claim provided Brendan's traveling party with food as it left this island?
(a) A young man carrying a basket of bread.
(b) A hermit named Paul.
(c) A man with an aura of shining light.
(d) A dog.

11. Who was named to rule the monastery shortly before Ceolfrith joined it, according to the anonymous author?
(a) Abbot Botulf.
(b) Bishop Wilford.
(c) Ceolfrith's cousin, Tunbert.
(d) Ceolfrith's brother, Cynefrith.

12. During their journey, what did they discover surrounded Judas Iscariot?
(a) A great number of demons.
(b) A scroll of condemnation.
(c) Flames of torment.
(d) Cold isolation.

13. What does Bede record to be Benedict's orders regarding the books he had brought back from his several trips to Rome?
(a) That they be kept as a single collection and not broken up piecemeal.
(b) That they be returned to Rome and the collection from which they were borrowed.
(c) That copied and spread throughout the monasteries of England.
(d) That they be offered to the Bishop so he could consider the best use of collection.

14. 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 Land of Promise of the Saints.
(b) The Island of Delights.
(c) The Meadow of Miracles.
(d) The Valley of Virtue.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To where does the anonymous writer claim that Brendan traveled after he took a series of three day fasts that lasted 40 days?

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

3. Why did Brendan chastise his fellow travelers for putting their flasks into streams running from the island to quench their thirst, according to the anonymous writer?

4. What monastery construction on the north bank of Wear was funded by Benedict, according to Bede?

5. How often did the traveling party eat on the journey away from the island?

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