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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 describes the writing style Gregory of Tours used in writing The History of the Franks?
2. In Book 9, the man was able to sense what about other people?
3. In Book 9, what was the "sorcerer" selling?
4. In the first miracle story, what part of the young woman's body caught on fire?
5. In the story of the young man who gets ill enough that many think he will die, who did he call upon?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Gregory and some of the other men become convinced of about the man Gregory had many problems with?
2. According to Gregory, what was the real cause of Chilperic's demise?
3. What is the dramatic story Gregory relayed about a young woman and one of her suitors?
4. What made Gregory believe that a man was a "sorcerer"?
5. What passing down of relics did Gregory describe?
6. Why did Gregory attempt to reject his promotion?
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. Why was the king of Spain disappointed in his bishops?
9. Gregory described a man whom he had many problems with. How did this man view the hierarchy of he and Gregory?
10. What did the man who was bucked from his horse allegedly do to deserve this?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Gregory described a man who could sense when others were talking negatively about him. Why was this man considered unpopular? What diction did Gregory use to describe the man to give the impression that this man was not well-liked by others?
Essay Topic 2
Why do you think Gregory of Tours chose to write The History of the Tours? What did his skill in writing have to do with it? Was Gregory a reluctant writer? How do you know?
Essay Topic 3
Gregory's book discusses divine magic. Why do you think divine magic plays such a large part in The History of the Franks? What effect does the role of divine magic in the book have on the reader? How do you know?
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