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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. Who was chosen by the monks to serve as abbot in Ceolfrith's absence, according to the anonymous author?

2. What does the anonymous author report appeared before the traveling party after it had finished singing on its way back to its boat?

3. What illness does Bede report came to Benedict shortly after Sigfrith became abbot of Wearmouth?

4. How often did the traveling party eat on the journey away from the island?

5. To what cause does Bede claim Benedict devoted himself after he traveled to Rome to visit the tombs of the Apostles?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Bede claim endorsed the choice of the monks of Jarrow and Wearmouth?

2. Why did Bede claim that Benedict passed on the land that King Oswiu awarded him as a thane of Oswiu's kingdom?

3. Who provided the land for which a church and monastery could be built by Ceolfrith and Benedict according to the anonymous writer?

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ceolfrith decided his age was preventing him from conducting effective ministry. Review the decision he made regarding this recognition and explain how his actions regarding his recognition is a consistent reflection of actions he made regarding his ministry throughout his life.

Essay Topic 2

Ceolfrith, Eosterwin, Sigfrith, and Hwaetbehrt all made different contributions to the Abbeys at Wearmouth and Jarrow. Choose two of the abbots and detail a contribution each made to the abbey and how the separate contributions worked together to strengthen the mission of the abbeys.

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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