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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. How did local clerics react to the "sorcerer"?
(a) They persecuted him.
(b) They were kind to him.
(c) They killed him.
(d) They ignored him.

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

3. Gregory claimed that something was the real cause of Chilperic's demise. What was it?
(a) Clothar's doing.
(b) Chilperic's own misdeeds.
(c) Natural causes.
(d) Gregory's doing.

4. The man who Gregory worked with threatened him with vengeance if he regained whose favor?
(a) The priest's.
(b) The bishop's.
(c) The Lord's.
(d) The king's.

5. Who did the man Gregory had trouble with attack?
(a) A bartender.
(b) A bishop.
(c) A peasant.
(d) A priest.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Gregory and one other man became convinced that the man Gregory had problems with was which of the following?

3. Gregory the deacon founded how many monasteries prior to changing positions in the church?

4. According to Gregory, who was there a problem with after the flood?

5. Who does Gregory describe as treating their own people as if they were the enemy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who did Gregory describe as validating the right of ascendancy of Clothar?

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

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

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

6. Why did Gregory attempt to reject his promotion?

7. How was the word 'pope' used in two different ways?

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

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

10. How did Gregory describe the man who had the ability to sense when others spoke ill of him?

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