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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the fate of Clotilda's second grandson?
(a) He was banished.
(b) He was given a job in the stables.
(c) He was married off.
(d) He was reduced to being a commoner.

2. What word was used to describe multiple wives?
(a) Multitude.
(b) Plethora.
(c) Cornucopia.
(d) Concubine.

3. During Gregory of Tours' time, which of the following described the other bishops?
(a) Unintelligent.
(b) Unreligious.
(c) Illiterate.
(d) Unpolitical.

4. Which of the following was used medicinally?
(a) The ashes of trees.
(b) The ashes of dead kings.
(c) The ashes of animals.
(d) The ashes of saints.

5. What did Gregory of Tours admit to the reader?
(a) He was not mentally healthy.
(b) He was not the greatest writer.
(c) He was not always right.
(d) He was angry and vengeful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Gunthram the king of?

2. Which of the following describes the man in the situation at the beginning of Book 4?

3. What was the name of Gregory's favorite saint?

4. What job did one of Clotilda's grandson's end up with?

5. What made Gregory most disappointed in the man he had problems with?

(see the answer key)

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