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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Because he had a dream that demons had led them to a poisoned stream.
(b) Because God had not shown them a way to land on the Island.
(c) Because it was clear that they had come upon a stagnant lake.
(d) Because he had seen corpses on the bank.

2. What example does the anonymous author claim that Ceolfrith took from his brother Cynefrith?
(a) Requiring all duties to be done before meals were to be shared.
(b) Holding the monks under his authority to high moral standards.
(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.

3. How did a dignified old man communicate to Brendan's party while observing a vow of silence, according to the anonymous author?
(a) Through angels who kept a close vigil with him.
(b) Through birds who knew his thoughts.
(c) Through sending this thoughts directly to Brendan's mind.
(d) Through hand gestures.

4. What did some of the monks who buried Ceolfrith take to Rome on his behalf, according to the anonymous author?
(a) Icons of Ceolfrith to be kept with other holy icons.
(b) A painting of Ceolfrith made just prior to his death.
(c) A letter to the pope requesting more books of learning for the church.
(d) A Bible translated from Hebrew and Greek originals according to the interpretation of Priest Jerome.

5. After the death of Benedict, how many years does the anonymous author credit Ceolfrith with presiding over both monasteries simultaneously?
(a) 27.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 16.

6. In the story the anonymous writer recorded Brendan told, what did Brendan say his son's name was?
(a) Ceolfrith.
(b) Mernoc.
(c) Barinthus.
(d) Enoch.

7. What was the method that Bede writes Ceolfrith chose for a new abbot to be chosen to replace him?
(a) He devoted a season of prayer seeking divine guidance.
(b) He devoted a series of fasts that lasted for 40 days.
(c) The brethren of the monasteries were required to choose one of their members.
(d) He conferred with representatives of the pope.

8. How often did the traveling party eat on the journey away from the island?
(a) Three times a day.
(b) Two times a day.
(c) Every three days.
(d) Every two days.

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

10. When does the anonymous author record Brendan's traveling party landed on the island?
(a) Maundy Thursday.
(b) Christmas day.
(c) Easter Sunday.
(d) Good Friday.

11. Who was chosen by the monks to serve as abbot in Ceolfrith's absence, according to the anonymous author?
(a) Cuthbert.
(b) Abbot Botulf.
(c) Hwaethberht.
(d) Sigfrith.

12. What skill was brought from France to Britain as a result of the construction of the monastery in Northumbria, according to Bede?
(a) Block and tackle for the movement of large stones.
(b) Metalworking.
(c) Glassmaking.
(d) Stone cutting.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What decision does Bede report Benedict made while Benedict and Sigfrith were on their deathbeds?

2. From whom did Bede claim Benedict bought the unique collection during his fifth trip to Rome?

3. Who welcomed Ceolfrith in Gaul, according to the anonymous author?

4. What did the anonymous author infer to be Ceolfrith's method of avoiding the plague that took the lives of many monks?

5. To where did Brendan's son invite him to travel, according to the anonymous writer?

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