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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did some of the monks who buried Ceolfrith take to Rome on his behalf, according to the anonymous author?
(a) A Bible translated from Hebrew and Greek originals according to the interpretation of Priest Jerome.
(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) Icons of Ceolfrith to be kept with other holy icons.

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

3. Upon their second meeting of the creatures who were fallen angels, what was announced to Brendan and his party, according to the anonymous author?
(a) Brendan and his party would spend a year at four different places that were to represent the four seasons of the year.
(b) God would take them safely home.
(c) Their voyage was nearly over.
(d) Brendan and his party would come to what appeared to be a rocky island, but was not.

4. Who donated the land for Benedict to build a monastery in Northumbria, according to Bede?
(a) King Ecgfrith.
(b) King Egfrid.
(c) The Holy Synod.
(d) King Dagobert.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had prophesied that Brendan would die upon his return to his monastery, according to the anonymous author?

2. Who met Brendan and his son during their journey?

3. How did a dignified old man communicate to Brendan's party while observing a vow of silence, according to the anonymous author?

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

5. How long did Eosterwine serve as abbot over Wearmouth, according to Bede?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Bede claim that Benedict passed on the land that King Oswiu awarded him as a thane of Oswiu's kingdom?

2. For what cause did the anonymous writer report that Brendan selected 14 monks?

3. For what does the anonymous writer claim that Brendan was renowned?

4. Besides orthodox practices in Roman Catholicism, what does Bede credit Benedict with bringing back to England from his several pilgrimages to Rome?

5. Who did Bede record the monks at Wearmouth had chosen as the replacement for the abbot chosen by Benedict?

6. What challenge does the anonymous writer report came to Ceolfrith and Benedict after the plague claimed the lives of many monks and Abbot Eosterwine while they were on a pilgrimage to Rome?

7. What manual trade does Bede report Benedict brought to England during construction of the monastery at the north bank at the mouth of the Wear River?

8. Who did Benedict chose as abbot for the monastery at Wearmouth, according to Bede?

9. How did the abbot at Wearmouth die while Benedict was on a pilgrimage to Rome according to Bede?

10. What was the first trip that Brendan and his 14 monks took after a series of thee-day fasts over 40 days according to the anonymous writer?

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