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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. To where did Brendan's son invite him to travel, according to the anonymous writer?
(a) To the Island of Delights.
(b) To the Land of Promise of the Saints.
(c) To the Meadow of Miracles.
(d) To the Valley of Virtue.

2. What illness does Bede report came to Benedict shortly after Sigfrith became abbot of Wearmouth?
(a) He suffered creeping paralysis.
(b) The plague.
(c) He was taken by consumption.
(d) Leprosy.

3. What was announced to Brendan's party would come after seven years from the announcement by the fallen angels, according to the anonymous author?
(a) God would take them to Paradise.
(b) They would find themselves right back where they started.
(c) The party would find the Land of Promise of the Saints.
(d) They would finally take possession of the Pearl of Great Price.

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

5. During their journey, what did they discover surrounded Judas Iscariot?
(a) A great number of demons.
(b) Flames of torment.
(c) Cold isolation.
(d) A scroll of condemnation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who returned a letter of thanks for the gift the monks delivered to Rome according to the anonymous author?

2. What skill was brought from France to Britain as a result of the construction of the monastery in Northumbria, according to Bede?

3. Who was named to rule the monastery shortly before Ceolfrith joined it, according to the anonymous author?

4. Whose death was Ceolfrith compared in the letter from Rome?

5. How was the light for the island provided in the story the anonymous writer recorded from Brendan?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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