The Age of Bede Test | Final Test - Hard

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The Age of Bede Test | Final Test - Hard

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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. How long did Ceolfrith preside over the responsibilities appointed to him by Benedict?

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

3. How does Bede claim Sigfrid came to be promoted from deacon to abbot after Eosterwine's left his abbey?

4. To where had Bredan's son fled to live the life of a hermit with other monks, according to the story recorded by the anonymous author?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Benedict chose as abbot for the monastery at Wearmouth, according to Bede?

2. What did the bird tell Brendan was their punishment from God for their sin, according to the anonymous writer?

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

7. For what cause did the anonymous writer report that Brendan selected 14 monks?

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bede was monk at Jarrow during the late 7th and early 8th centuries. He is known as the "Father of English History." Give details of how Bede's personal service directed his choice of figures for which to write biographies, the events he chose to cover, and how he characterized the influence these figures had on the region in which they served.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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