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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Clotilda deceived into thinking supported her?
(a) Her mother and father.
(b) The aunts and uncles of the boys.
(c) Her sons and daughters.
(d) Her brothers.

2. 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.

3. What did Rauching take pleasure in?
(a) Giving to others.
(b) Dividing wealth evenly.
(c) Many women.
(d) The pain of others.

4. Which relationship became tension-filled with the lack of monogamy?
(a) Rulers and peasants.
(b) Clerics and peasants.
(c) Men and women.
(d) Cities and villages.

5. Which of the following words could have been used to describe relations between monarchs?
(a) Strife.
(b) Kinship.
(c) Resentment.
(d) Acceptance.

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

7. Which of the following describes the use of the English language in The History of Franks?
(a) It is casual.
(b) It is almost unreadable.
(c) It has been modernized.
(d) It has not been altered.

8. What did the two men who planned to attack the duke use to insult Brunhilde?
(a) They claimed she had no authority.
(b) They said she was incompentent.
(c) They said she was subdominant.
(d) They claimed disloyalty to her and her husband.

9. When Saint Martin was tested and mocked, what was his position?
(a) Bishop.
(b) Pope.
(c) Saint.
(d) Deacon.

10. Who broke into Saint Martin's church?
(a) Religious do-gooders.
(b) Thieves.
(c) Kings.
(d) Vengeful cult members of another saint.

11. Which of the following were saints considered to be?
(a) Spiritual friends of God.
(b) Spiritual communicators.
(c) Miracle providers.
(d) Spiritual descendants of Jesus Christ.

12. Which of the following was Elias thought to control?
(a) Behavior.
(b) Resurrection.
(c) Death.
(d) Animals.

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

14. Who felt threatened by Clotilda's actions?
(a) Her brothers.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her husaband.
(d) Her sons.

15. Which chapter is dedicated to Clotilda?
(a) Chapter 12.
(b) Chapter 8.
(c) Chapter 4.
(d) Chapter 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shows how twisted a woman's culture was in Book 4?

2. What type of knowledge did Gregory of Tours have knowledge of?

3. During the times of Chilperic and Merovech, how were leaders selected?

4. Which word best describes Radegunda overall?

5. What was Merovech?

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