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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. From what royal family does Bede claim Benedict descended?
2. Who met Brendan and his son during their journey?
3. What foundation does Bede credit Benedict with beginning?
4. When does the anonymous author record Brendan's traveling party landed on the island?
5. What does the anonymous writer of the "Voyage of St. Brendan" document as Brendan's lineage?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Ceolfrith's training under Abbot Botulf influence his life as a church leader, according to the anonymous author?
2. Who provided the land for which a church and monastery could be built by Ceolfrith and Benedict according to the anonymous writer?
3. How did a hermit named Paul claim he received his food while he was on a journey to his final resting place, according to the anonymous writer?
4. What did the bird tell Brendan was their punishment from God for their sin, according to the anonymous writer?
5. Where did Benedict learn his practice of Christianity, according to Bede?
6. Who does the anonymous author claim chose Ceolfrith to become a priest?
7. 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?
8. 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?
9. Who does Bede claim endorsed the choice of the monks of Jarrow and Wearmouth?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
"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 3
Bede makes an account of miracles throughout "The Life of Cuthbert." Choose three of the miracles from Bede's record and compare them to similar miracles from the Bible. Based upon your study make an assessment of whether or not the miracles occurred as Bede reported or if Bede was creating a story to attract pagans to convert to Christianity. Use text from "The Life of Cuthbert" to support your view.
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