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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the occupation of the man described as having many wives?
(a) Mill worker.
(b) Bishop.
(c) King.
(d) Scribe.

2. According to Gregory of Tours, where did one man emerge from?
(a) Underground.
(b) Underwater.
(c) The sky.
(d) His father's home.

3. What did the two men who planned to attack the duke use to insult Brunhilde?
(a) They said she was subdominant.
(b) They claimed she had no authority.
(c) They claimed disloyalty to her and her husband.
(d) They said she was incompentent.

4. What job did one of Clotilda's grandson's end up with?
(a) Stableboy.
(b) King.
(c) Priest.
(d) Bishop.

5. What was Merovech's relationship to Chilperic?
(a) He was his brother.
(b) He was his grandson.
(c) He was his son.
(d) He was his uncle.

6. Which of the following is used to describe the man who had multiple wives?
(a) Secular.
(b) Illiterate.
(c) Unintelligent.
(d) Wealthy.

7. Which chapter is dedicated to Clotilda?
(a) Chapter 4.
(b) Chapter 8.
(c) Chapter 18.
(d) Chapter 12.

8. Which of the following describes the use of the English language in The History of Franks?
(a) It has been modernized.
(b) It is almost unreadable.
(c) It has not been altered.
(d) It is casual.

9. During Gregory of Tours' time, which of the following were fights most prevalently regarding?
(a) Who would lead.
(b) Laws.
(c) Religion.
(d) Politics.

10. Which of the following is the name of the second man determined to attack a duke?
(a) Urden.
(b) Ugundo.
(c) Ursio.
(d) Undurio.

11. Who did Clotilda hope to raise?
(a) Her sons.
(b) Her grandsons.
(c) Her brothers.
(d) Her nephews.

12. What did a man feel enter him during the healing scene?
(a) Illness.
(b) A saint.
(c) The spirit.
(d) Health.

13. Who had Brunhilda been married to before Merovech?
(a) Merovech's brother.
(b) Merovech's father.
(c) Chilperic.
(d) Merovech's uncle.

14. Which prophet was associated with divine magic?
(a) Eleanore.
(b) Silas.
(c) Elias.
(d) Simon.

15. Who was thought to have given men healing powers?
(a) Gregory of Tours.
(b) Saint Martin.
(c) God.
(d) The king.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was Elias thought to control?

2. Which of the following best describes one of the bishop's backgrounds?

3. What does the Talmud refer to?

4. What is one delusion of many readers that Gregory dispels?

5. The man with a physical ailment was told to spend time where, in order to heal?

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