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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. What decision does Bede report Benedict made while Benedict and Sigfrith were on their deathbeds?
(a) Benedict chose Hwaetbehrt as abbot over Jarrow.
(b) Benedict named Ceolfrith abbot over both Wearmouth and Jarrow.
(c) Benedict chose Eosterwine as abbot over Wearmouth.
(d) Benedict ordered the collection of books he brought from Rome back to where they came.

2. Who does Bede write about as the abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow?
(a) Ceolfrith, Eosterwine, Cuthbert, and Colman.
(b) Benedict, Cuthbert, Wilfrid, and Brendan.
(c) Benedict, Ceolfrith, Eosterwine, Sigfrith, and Hwaetberht.
(d) Benedict, Ceolfrith, Ahlfrid, and Ecgfrith.

3. To what abbey does Bede report Benedict named Eosterwine?
(a) Jarrow.
(b) Ripon.
(c) Melrose.
(d) Wearmouth.

4. What monastery construction on the north bank of Wear was funded by Benedict, according to Bede?
(a) St. Peter's Monastery.
(b) Melrose.
(c) Ripon.
(d) Northumbria.

5. What example does the anonymous author claim that Ceolfrith took from his brother Cynefrith?
(a) Holding the monks under his authority to high moral standards.
(b) Requiring all duties to be done before meals were to be shared.
(c) Leaving the care of his monastery to younger men to go on a pilgrimage to Rome in his later years.
(d) Establishing a work schedule that required all monks spend time copying Bibles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the anonymous author claim that King Egfrith donated the resources for building another church and monastery?

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

3. To where did Brendan's son invite him to travel, according to the anonymous writer?

4. During their journey, what did they discover surrounded Judas Iscariot?

5. After his fourth trip to Rome, what does Bede report that Benedict brought back to Britain?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. How did Ceolfrith's training under Abbot Botulf influence his life as a church leader, according to the anonymous author?

6. Why does the anonymous writer claim Ceolfrith accompanied Benedict on a trip to Rome?

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

8. How far does the anonymous writer claim Ceolfrith got on his last pilgrimage to Rome?

9. 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?

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?

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