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

2. Who does the anonymous author claim provided Brendan's traveling party with food as it left this island?
(a) A man with an aura of shining light.
(b) A hermit named Paul.
(c) A dog.
(d) A young man carrying a basket of bread.

3. 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.

4. Who does Bede report provided the land for St. Peter's Monastery?
(a) King Egfrid.
(b) King Dagobert.
(c) King Ecgfrith.
(d) The Holy Synod.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What form did fallen angels take on Brendan's journey, according to the anonymous author?

3. Why does the anonymous author claim that King Egfrith donated the resources for building another church and monastery?

4. To what cause does Bede claim Benedict devoted himself after he traveled to Rome to visit the tombs of the Apostles?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the bird tell Brendan was their punishment from God for their sin, according to the anonymous writer?

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

3. What action does the anonymous writer claim Ceolfrith took when he decided he was too old to be a good example to his followers?

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 does Bede note that Benedict chose as abbot for the new monastery he built at Jarrow?

6. Who does the anonymous author claim chose Ceolfrith to become a priest?

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

8. In what practice did Ceolfrith train new monks and priests, according to the anonymous writer?

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

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

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