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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. After the flood occurred, what was the first recommendation for a solution?
(a) Kind words.
(b) Literature.
(c) Chanting.
(d) Prayer.

2. What was Chilperic's son being called?
(a) Celtis.
(b) Colton.
(c) Closten.
(d) Clothar.

3. Who did Gregory the deacon eventually become an aide to?
(a) The king.
(b) God.
(c) The Pope.
(d) The pope of a small city.

4. In the dramatic story Gregory tells of a young woman and her suitors, what was the woman's father's former occupation?
(a) Bishop.
(b) Messenger.
(c) Pope.
(d) King.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Gregory have a problem with?

2. In Book 9, which of the following words was used by Gregory to describe the man with alleged special senses?

3. Which of the following describes the man Gregory had to work with who caused him trouble?

4. What was the woman in the first miracle story doing when she caught on fire?

5. As described in Chapter 10, what year was Childebert in his reign?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Gregory and some of the other men become convinced of about the man Gregory had many problems with?

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

4. What did the man who was bucked from his horse allegedly do to deserve this?

5. Why was Gregory the deacon uplifted to Gregory the bishop?

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

7. How did Gregory intend to make the reader feel by including the details of how one man was killed and treated like an animal?

8. Gregory described a man whom he had many problems with. How did this man view the hierarchy of he and Gregory?

9. Why did Gregory dislike Diana-worshiping?

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

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