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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was asked to bring forth his traveling companions who were suffering from an ailment?
(a) Pope.
(b) King.
(c) Priest.
(d) Deacon.

2. What action would skeptics say that "resurrection" was actually attributed to as a result of this?
(a) Faith.
(b) Medicine.
(c) CPR.
(d) Good hygiene.

3. What was Merovech's relationship to Chilperic?
(a) He was his brother.
(b) He was his uncle.
(c) He was his son.
(d) He was his grandson.

4. Which of the following did Radegunda successfully found?
(a) Monastery.
(b) Church.
(c) Business.
(d) Religion.

5. What is one delusion of many readers that Gregory dispels?
(a) Monarchs were always vengeful and jealous.
(b) Monarchs forced their leadership upon the people.
(c) Monarchs always passed on the throne to heirs.
(d) The people always loved their rulers.

6. Which of the following is used to describe the man who had multiple wives?
(a) Secular.
(b) Unintelligent.
(c) Wealthy.
(d) Illiterate.

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

8. What was Cato's role?
(a) Bishop.
(b) Peasant.
(c) King.
(d) Priest.

9. What type of knowledge did Gregory of Tours have knowledge of?
(a) Modern science.
(b) Writing in prose.
(c) The Old Testament.
(d) Jewish history.

10. What is the significance of the introduction in The History of the Franks?
(a) It gives the reader perspective about who the Franks were.
(b) It gives the reader perspective about religion during the time the book takes place.
(c) It gives the reader perspective on the conditions surrounding the creation of the book.
(d) It gives the reader perspective surrounding Gregory of Tours and his job.

11. What relationship did Gregory have to Tours?
(a) He was the pope.
(b) He was the bishop.
(c) He was the king.
(d) He was a resident.

12. Why did Gregory of Tours write this book?
(a) He was a literate man in an illiterate world.
(b) He was the only one who knew the real history.
(c) He was a smart man in a world of unintelligence.
(d) He was a religious man in an unreligious world.

13. Radegunda was able to obtain a husband using the association of which of the following?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Reputation.
(c) Financial glory.
(d) Military campaign.

14. What shows how twisted a woman's culture was in Book 4?
(a) She accepted her husband after he abandoned her.
(b) She wanted to become a priest, but could not.
(c) She was having her 20th child.
(d) She did not value herself.

15. Who took over Tours?
(a) Gauls.
(b) Franks.
(c) British.
(d) Christians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gregory of Tours showed a direct connection between defense of the doctrine of the Trinity and what other component?

2. Which saint was most popular near Gregory's area of guidance?

3. What word was used to describe multiple wives?

4. Which of the following was not described by Gregory of Tours as having healing properties?

5. What was Merovech?

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