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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 greatly marked the rules of conduct of Gregory's church?
(a) Social difference.
(b) Gender difference.
(c) Class difference.
(d) Political difference.

2. Who was the bishop of the city that had the large flood?
(a) Pelaford.
(b) Pelasgius.
(c) Pelanogas.
(d) Purgusus.

3. According to Gregory of Tours, what appeared during the flood?
(a) A serpent.
(b) A dragon.
(c) A wizard.
(d) A dinosaur.

4. Who did Gregory of Tours base most stories on?
(a) Peasants and village men.
(b) Bishops.
(c) Prominent religious figures.
(d) Prominent social political leaders.

5. Why was Book 11 prepared?
(a) To back up Gregory of Tours' point of view.
(b) To reveal factual information Gregory of Tours did not include due to religion.
(c) To serve as a textbook.
(d) To contradict Gregory of Tours' point of view.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who reported about the "last straw" at Gregory's church?

2. Who did Gregory the deacon eventually become an aide to?

3. Gregory the deacon was changed to what role after the flood?

4. Which of the following is true about the reliability of Gregory of Tours when he wrote this book?

5. In the dramatic story Gregory tells of a young woman and her suitors, what was the woman's father's former occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Gregory dislike Diana-worshiping?

2. Besides the flood in Rome, what other disasters occurred in the same time period and location?

3. What environmental anecdote did Gregory reveal in Chapter 10 of Book 10?

4. What happened to the man who was so ill many believed he was going to die, according to Gregory?

5. What happened to the woman who caught on fire, according to Gregory?

6. What did Gregory of Tours have to say about the fear of God?

7. How did the "sorcerer" come to the attention of local clerics?

8. What passing down of relics did Gregory describe?

9. According to Gregory, what was the real cause of Chilperic's demise?

10. What made Gregory believe that a man was a "sorcerer"?

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