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

2. Where was the monastery that the anonymous author report Ceolfrith joined?
(a) Jarrow.
(b) Wearmouth.
(c) Melrose.
(d) Gilling.

3. Who returned a letter of thanks for the gift the monks delivered to Rome according to the anonymous author?
(a) Archbishop Berhtwald.
(b) Pope Gregory.
(c) Pope Agatho.
(d) Archdeacon Boniface.

4. 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 devote themselves to fasting and prayer.
(c) That they guard the monasteries at Wearmouth and Jarrow.
(d) That they study scripture regularly.

5. What did the anonymous author infer to be Ceolfrith's method of avoiding the plague that took the lives of many monks?
(a) He was delayed in Rome finding supplies for the new monastery.
(b) He had secluded himself for a season of prayer.
(c) He had secluded himself as a hermit before the plague hit his region.
(d) He was fastidious in keeping his residence clean and observed Jewish cleaning laws.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the anonymous author report appeared before the traveling party after it had finished singing on its way back to its boat?

3. How long does the Anonymous writer claim Brendan and his party traveled before they ran out of food after they left the destination to which they traveled after the 40 days of fasting?

4. Who confirmed the choice of Ceolfrith's replacement, according to Bede?

5. How often did the traveling party eat on the journey away from the island?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. When an island sailed away from Brendan's party, how did God explain the event to Brendan, according to the anonymous writer?

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

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

7. 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?

8. Who provided the land for which a church and monastery could be built by Ceolfrith and Benedict according to the anonymous writer?

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

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

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