St. Benedict 5th

What did Saint Benedict believe each monastery should offer?

• Help to the poor and needy
• Hospitals for the sick
• Education for the poor
• Food for the hungry

What is the importance of Benedict's book, the Rule of Saint Benedict?

• It teaches monks to seek holiness through self-denial
• It encourages dishonesty and deceit
• It promotes isolation and solitude
• It contains a list of rules to be followed in the monastery

What was the role of monasteries in spreading Christianity?

• Running hospitals
• Feeding the poor
• Providing education
• Supplying missionaries

What did Benedict ask monks to do in his monastery?

• To work together and get along with others
• To live in isolation and solitude
• To seek holiness through self-denial
• To become rich and influential

What role did monasteries play in spreading Christianity?

• They sought comfort and luxury
• They provided help to the poor and needy
• They encouraged dishonesty and deceit
• They promoted isolation and solitude

What did the monks in Benedict's monastery grow and make for themselves?

• Cheese
• Vegetables
• Bread
• All of the above

Where did Benedict move to start his own monastery?

• A cave
• Asia
• Monte Cassino
• Rome

What were Benedictine monasteries known for?

• Being dishonest
• Being self-sufficient
• Being rich and influential
• Being isolated from the world

What were the European monks like during Benedict's time?

• They were dishonest
• They were rich and influential
• They sought comfort and luxury
• They lived isolated from the world