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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 is Rauching an example of?
(a) The people would tolerate even hatred from the king.
(b) There were limits to what people would tolerate.
(c) The king was always simple and loved.
(d) The king's subjects were often stupid.

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

3. What was one of the lifestyle changes the man with many wives made?
(a) He became a priest.
(b) He took a more active interest in his children.
(c) He rekindled a relationship with a wife he abandoned.
(d) He learned many new languages.

4. Why did a group of people murder a bishop?
(a) They did not believe he was religious enough.
(b) They were jealous.
(c) They were angry at a decision he made.
(d) They wanted his money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Saint Martin was tested and mocked, what was his position?

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

3. Which prophet was associated with divine magic?

4. Which of the following is the name of the second man determined to attack a duke?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Radegunda's marriage represent?

2. Why did people stand in the way of Clotilda's plan?

3. Describe the circumstances under which Saint Martin's church was robbed.

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

5. How did Cato become a bishop?

6. What careers did Gregory of Tours have?

7. What was referred to as a "cult"?

8. How did voting work in Gregory of Tours' time?

9. What may have accounted for the alleged resurrections that were attributed to the prophet, Elisha?

10. How did Gregory of Tours define his relationship with religion?

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