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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 did Bede report Benedict brought back to Britain after his third trip to Rome?
2. What unique collection does Bede write that Benedict brought to England from his fifth trip to Rome?
3. What does the anonymous writer claim came into view after the ship ran out of food?
4. Who confirmed the choice of Ceolfrith's replacement, according to Bede?
5. How does Bede claim Sigfrid came to be promoted from deacon to abbot after Eosterwine's left his abbey?
Short Essay Questions
1. What challenge does the anonymous writer report came to Ceolfrith and Benedict after the plague claimed the lives of many monks and Abbot Eosterwine while they were on a pilgrimage to Rome?
2. Who did Bede record the monks at Wearmouth had chosen as the replacement for the abbot chosen by Benedict?
3. For what cause did the anonymous writer report that Brendan selected 14 monks?
4. For what does the anonymous writer claim that Brendan was renowned?
5. In what practice did Ceolfrith train new monks and priests, according to the anonymous writer?
6. How far does the anonymous writer claim Ceolfrith got on his last pilgrimage to Rome?
7. Why does the anonymous writer of "The History of Abbot Ceolfrith" claim he wrote the book?
8. When an island sailed away from Brendan's party, how did God explain the event to Brendan, according to the anonymous writer?
9. Who provided the land for which a church and monastery could be built by Ceolfrith and Benedict according to the anonymous writer?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Some of the accounts presented in "The Age of Bede" contain more fantastical events than others. All are considered histories. Pick the account you find most similar to the way historical accounts are written today and describe the similarities.
Essay Topic 2
"The Voyage of St. Brendan" is a book of allegory and fantasy. Choose two characters or episodes from the book that can have allegorical significance with regard to Christian doctrine.
Essay Topic 3
Stephanus reports several episodes during which Wilfrid's service is challenged and his life is even threatened. Choose one of those events and identify the cause of the challenge, how Wilfrid dealt with the challenge, how he was delivered from the challenge, and the eventual consequences of the challenge to Wilfrid and those who brought it.
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