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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did Bede report Benedict appointed as abbot over the foundation he started?
(a) Sigfrith.
(b) Hwaetbehrt.
(c) Ceolfrith.
(d) Eosterwine.

3. How did Brendan's traveling party arrive at the next island?
(a) They rowed vigorously for 40 days.
(b) They were carried 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 were carried by angels after winds had died.

4. Who had prophesied that Brendan would die upon his return to his monastery, according to the anonymous author?
(a) A man with an aura of shining light.
(b) Brendan's son.
(c) A hermit named Paul.
(d) The young man on the Island of promise.

5. What does the anonymous writer of the "Voyage of St. Brendan" document as Brendan's lineage?
(a) He was brother of Benedict.
(b) He was Father of Ceolfrith and Cynefrith.
(c) He was the son of Cuthbert and grandson of Benedict.
(d) He was the son of Findlug, great-grandson of Atla of the line of Eogen.

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

7. From what royal family does Bede claim Benedict descended?
(a) The Angle lineage.
(b) The Windsor lineage.
(c) The Egfrid Lineage.
(d) The Theodoric lineage.

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

9. How were Benedict and Sigfrith able to meet with each other shortly before they died from their illnesses, according to Bede?
(a) They were placed in wheel chairs and wheeled to meet with each other daily.
(b) They were moved to the basement of Wearmouth and spent their remaining days together.
(c) They were kept in the same room in the hospital.
(d) Sigfrith was carried to Benedict's room on a stretcher.

10. 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.

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

12. 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 man with an aura of shining light.
(b) A hermit named Paul.
(c) A dog.
(d) A boy with a basket of bread.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the guide brought them to a vast hall with couches and water to wash their feet, what does the anonymous writer report that Brendan said?

2. What foundation does Bede credit Benedict with beginning?

3. What practice did Ceolfrith pass on to the monks who joined him in building the new monastery?

4. What did the anonymous writer record that Brendan claimed they reached as they walked toward the furthest shore of their landing?

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

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