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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How many monks did the anonymous author report Ceolfrith took with him to complete the new construction that King Egfrith sponsored?
(a) 122.
(b) 22.
(c) 12.
(d) 222.

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

4. 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) A fair wind sprang up and saved them from being overtaxed by the effort of rowing.
(c) They rowed vigorously for 40 days.
(d) By riding on the back of a whale.

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

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

7. What decision does Bede report Benedict made while Benedict and Sigfrith were on their deathbeds?
(a) Benedict ordered the collection of books he brought from Rome back to where they came.
(b) Benedict chose Eosterwine as abbot over Wearmouth.
(c) Benedict named Ceolfrith abbot over both Wearmouth and Jarrow.
(d) Benedict chose Hwaetbehrt as abbot over Jarrow.

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

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

10. To whom was the letter addressed?
(a) Sigfrith.
(b) Eosterwine.
(c) Hwaetberht.
(d) Cuthbert.

11. How did Brendan's traveling party arrive at the next island?
(a) They were carried on the back of a whale.
(b) A fair wind sprang up and saved them from being overtaxed by the effort of rowing.
(c) They were carried by angels after winds had died.
(d) They rowed vigorously for 40 days.

12. How did the anonymous author claim that Ceolfrith came to study for the priesthood?
(a) He was appointed by his Bishop Wilford.
(b) He was appointed by Abbot Botulf.
(c) He was appointed by his brother Cynefrith.
(d) He was appointed by his cousin Tunbert.

13. What practice did Ceolfrith pass on to the monks who joined him in building the new monastery?
(a) Copying Bibles, interpreting scripture, and singing the Psalms.
(b) Singing the Psalms, reading in church, and singing antiphons.
(c) Copying Bibles and fasting on Fridays.
(d) Interpreting scripture and rheotoric.

14. What does the anonymous author report appeared before the traveling party after it had finished singing on its way back to its boat?
(a) A fire for their warmth.
(b) A castle for their protection.
(c) A table laid for a meal.
(d) A guide for their direction.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Benedict name Ceolfrith to be abbot over the two monasteries he helped to build, according to the anonymous author?

2. What unique collection does Bede write that Benedict brought to England from his fifth trip to Rome?

3. What does Bede record to be Benedict's orders regarding the books he had brought back from his several trips to Rome?

4. In the story the anonymous writer recorded Brendan told, what did Brendan say his son's name was?

5. What skill was brought from France to Britain as a result of the construction of the monastery in Northumbria, according to Bede?

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