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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. 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) Sigfrith.
(d) Hwaethberht.

2. How long did the person who met Brendan and his son claim they had been on the island without eating food or drink or taking any sleep?
(a) For a whole year.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 7 days
(d) 40 days.

3. Whose death was Ceolfrith compared in the letter from Rome?
(a) Enoch who did not die, but walked with God.
(b) St. John who died after he had delivered the Revelation.
(c) Noah who died after he had delivered his family through the flood.
(d) Moses and Aaron who died before they could enter the Promised Land.

4. What condition does Bede write affected Sigfrith during his service as abbot?
(a) Blindness.
(b) A curved spine.
(c) A painful and incurable disease of the lungs.
(d) A lame leg.

5. What did the anonymous writer record that Brendan claimed they reached as they walked toward the furthest shore of their landing?
(a) A river that ran from east to west.
(b) A dog that led them to their provisions.
(c) A man with an aura of shining light.
(d) The Pearl of Great Price.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the anonymous author record Brendan's traveling party landed on the island?

2. 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?

3. What custom arose from the burial of Ceolfrith?

4. Who does the anonymous author claim presided over the monastery before Ceolfrith joined it?

5. What decision does Bede report Benedict made while Benedict and Sigfrith were on their deathbeds?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. When Benedict and Sigrith were confined to their beds due to illness, what responsibility does the anonymous writer report Benedict passed to Ceolfrith?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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