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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was used medicinally?

2. What was Chilperic?

3. What was Merovech sent to do originally by his father?

4. During the times of Chilperic and Merovech, how were leaders selected?

5. Which of the following is used to describe the man who had multiple wives?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Merovech disobey Chilperic?

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

4. Why did Queen Brunhilde disapprove of Lupus and Ursio?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What was the reception Rauching received?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gregory claimed that the fear of God was necessary for a person to be good. The man that Gregory had a bad experience with was thought to have been possessed by a demon, which was causing him not to fear God. In what other ways did Gregory apply the concept of the fear of his deity?

Essay Topic 2

Gregory claimed that many monarchs were not tyrannical or forceful, and they were actually voted in to their positions. How does this differ from modern perception of monarchs? What role did monarchs play in Gregory's world? Why do you think this is?

Essay Topic 3

Why was it significant for Gregory's text to be modernized by editors? What role did the editors play in changing Gregory's text? How would the readability of the text change if it weren't for the editors?

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