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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language was most significant for bishops to know?
(a) Latin.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) Spanish.

2. What represented Clotilda's grandson's fate?
(a) His hair was shorn.
(b) His limbs were amputated.
(c) He was not considered marriage material.
(d) He was never educated.

3. Who had Brunhilda been married to before Merovech?
(a) Merovech's father.
(b) Chilperic.
(c) Merovech's uncle.
(d) Merovech's brother.

4. During the times of Chilperic and Merovech, how were leaders selected?
(a) The pope selected them.
(b) They were born into their roles.
(c) They were voted in by bishops.
(d) The people selected them.

5. What reaction did Gregory have to seeing a man thrown into a giant stew pot?
(a) He was fearful for his own life.
(b) He laughed.
(c) He cried.
(d) He was relieved.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Gregory of Tours describes the man who "emerged", what type of literary device was used?

2. What did many Roman Christian Bishops supplant?

3. The man who Gregory worked with threatened him with vengeance if he regained whose favor?

4. Who overwhelmed the secular political governing officials?

5. What is one delusion of many readers that Gregory dispels?

(see the answer key)

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