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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Bede record to be Benedict's orders regarding the books he had brought back from his several trips to Rome?
2. Who welcomed Ceolfrith in Gaul, according to the anonymous author?
3. Who does the anonymous writer record God sent to be the guide of Brendan's traveling party after they landed on the island?
4. On what date does the anonymous author report Ceolfrith boarded a ship to cross the sea to Gaul?
5. Who does the anonymous author claim presided over the monastery before Ceolfrith joined it?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the abbot at Wearmouth die while Benedict was on a pilgrimage to Rome according to Bede?
2. 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?
3. When Benedict and Sigrith were confined to their beds due to illness, what responsibility does the anonymous writer report Benedict passed to Ceolfrith?
4. What did the bird tell Brendan was their punishment from God for their sin, according to the anonymous writer?
5. Why did Bede claim that Benedict passed on the land that King Oswiu awarded him as a thane of Oswiu's kingdom?
6. Besides orthodox practices in Roman Catholicism, what does Bede credit Benedict with bringing back to England from his several pilgrimages to Rome?
7. 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?
8. 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?
9. How far does the anonymous writer claim Ceolfrith got on his last pilgrimage to Rome?
10. What did the anonymous writer report to be surrounding Judas Iscariot when Brendan's party came upon him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"The Voyage of St. Brendan" has a significantly different tone than do the other accounts from the books in "The Age of Bede." Identify the nature of that difference and, using D.H. Farmer's introduction, support the reasons for those differences from that text.
Essay Topic 2
Cuthbert, Wilfrid, and Benedict are three Church leaders who had great influence on the foundation of Christianity in Europe and the Western Hemisphere. Identify one achievement by each of this men that have had a long standing influence in the practice or doctrine of Western Christianity.
Essay Topic 3
Identify three events in "The Life of Cuthbert" that are historically reasonable and coinciding miraculous or mystical events that occurred during those events. Use the intermingling of history with the miraculous to establish a pattern that can define Bede's purpose for writing "The Life of Cuthbert." Was it to entertain, teach, evangelize, or is there another purpose that you see.
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