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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did a man feel enter him during the healing scene?
(a) Health.
(b) Illness.
(c) The spirit.
(d) A saint.

2. What else happened in the same year Gregory of Tours completed the manuscript of this book?
(a) Gregory became bishop.
(b) Gregory got married.
(c) Gregory had a child.
(d) Gregory died.

3. What was the word Christ used as?
(a) A first name.
(b) A surname.
(c) A title.
(d) A pledge.

4. What did Clotilda hope the boys she raised would become?
(a) Popes.
(b) Dukes.
(c) Bishops.
(d) Kings.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rauching an example of?

2. Which of the following were saints considered to be?

3. What years does The History of the Franks cover?

4. What was Brunhilda's position?

5. What word was used to describe multiple wives?

Short Essay Questions

1. What delusion did Gregory of Tours dispel for readers in Book 5?

2. Describe the alleged magic of the prophet, Elias.

3. How has the language of The History of Franks been changed by editors?

4. What knowledge did Gregory of Tours have about the Old Testament and how did he show this?

5. Describe monogamy in Gregory of Tours' time.

6. Which people did Gregory of Tours speak vindictively of?

7. What items were thought to have been cures for health conditions?

8. How did Cato become a bishop?

9. What was the fate of Clotilda's grandsons?

10. What is the purpose of the introduction to The History of the Franks?

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