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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. How were Benedict and Sigfrith able to meet with each other shortly before they died from their illnesses, according to Bede?
(a) Sigfrith was carried to Benedict's room on a stretcher.
(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) They were placed in wheel chairs and wheeled to meet with each other daily.

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

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

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

5. Who does the anonymous author credit with providing master builders for the monastery that Ceolfrith helped to build?
(a) Tunbert.
(b) Bishop Wilford.
(c) Abbot Botulf.
(d) Abbot Torthelm.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happened to Eosterwine during Benedict's fifth journey to Rome, according to Bede?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did a bird tell Brendan that his flock actually was, according to the anonymous writer?

2. 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?

3. Who did Ceolfrith allow the monks to choose as abbot for the monasteries at Jarrow and Wearmouth as he prepared to take a pilgrimage to Rome, according to Bede?

4. How did Ceolfrith's training under Abbot Botulf influence his life as a church leader, according to the anonymous author?

5. Who does Bede claim endorsed the choice of the monks of Jarrow and Wearmouth?

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

7. Why does the anonymous writer claim Ceolfrith accompanied Benedict on a trip to Rome?

8. What did the anonymous writer report to be surrounding Judas Iscariot when Brendan's party came upon him?

9. Where did Benedict learn his practice of Christianity, according to Bede?

10. Why does the anonymous writer of "The History of Abbot Ceolfrith" claim he wrote the book?

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