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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 career did Gregory of Tours first have?
(a) Soldier.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Lawmaker.
(d) Scribe.

2. In the description of the cure assigned to one man's condition, which of the following was one of the cures?
(a) Holy water.
(b) Blessed oil.
(c) Vinegar.
(d) Moonlight.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Chilperic?

2. Which of the following is significantly noticeable to the reader by the second book?

3. What was the fate of Clotilda's second grandson?

4. What did a man feel enter him during the healing scene?

5. What did many Roman Christian Bishops supplant?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the significance of Saint Martin to Gregory of Tours?

2. Describe the letter Gregory received from another bishop as described in Book 5.

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

4. What was the reception Rauching received?

5. How did Cato become a bishop?

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

7. What did Gregory of Tours mean when he said that a man became bishop after emerging from underground?

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

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

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

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