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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. Where does the anonymous author report Ceolfrith was buried?
(a) In the new abbey at Jarrow.
(b) In the church of the holy martyred brothers Speusippus, Eleusippus, and Meleusippus.
(c) In a secluded wood as he favored his time spent as a hermit.
(d) In Wearmouth next to the tomb of Benedict.

2. Upon their second meeting of the creatures who were fallen angels, what was announced to Brendan and his party, according to the anonymous author?
(a) Brendan and his party would spend a year at four different places that were to represent the four seasons of the year.
(b) Their voyage was nearly over.
(c) Brendan and his party would come to what appeared to be a rocky island, but was not.
(d) God would take them safely home.

3. How was the light for the island provided in the story the anonymous writer recorded from Brendan?
(a) By the Pearl of Great Price.
(b) By a dog carrying an a lantern that could not be extinguished.
(c) The Lord Jesus Christ was their light.
(d) By a man with an aura of light.

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

5. What custom arose from the burial of Ceolfrith?
(a) Praying the Psalms prior to kneeling at Ceolfrith's tomb.
(b) Having a celebration with friends which eventually became known as a wake.
(c) Placing flowers on a grave.
(d) Wearing black for mourning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What example does the anonymous author claim that Ceolfrith took from his brother Cynefrith?

2. Who does the anonymous author claim provided Brendan's traveling party with food as it left this island?

3. After the death of Benedict, how many years does the anonymous author credit Ceolfrith with presiding over both monasteries simultaneously?

4. 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?

5. How does the anonymous author claim Brendan's party finally arrived to the island they had been seeking?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. How long were Brendan and his party out to sea before they ran out of food after they departed their first destination, according to the anonymous writer?

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

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

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

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