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Paul the Deacon's birth name was Winfrid, and he was born in Cividale del Friuli around 720 AD.
Answer: True
Explanation: The source confirms Paul the Deacon's birth name was Winfrid and he was born around 720 AD in Cividale del Friuli.
Paul the Deacon's ancestor, Leupichis, arrived in Italy in 568 AD as part of the retinue of the Byzantine Emperor.
Answer: False
Explanation: Paul the Deacon's ancestor, Leupichis, arrived in Italy in 568 AD as part of the retinue of Alboin, the King of the Lombards, not the Byzantine Emperor.
Paul the Deacon received his education at the court of King Desiderius, where he learned Greek from a teacher named Flavian.
Answer: False
Explanation: Paul the Deacon received his education at the court of King Ratchis in Pavia, not King Desiderius, though he did learn Greek from Flavian.
Paul the Deacon joined the monastery on Lake Como before moving to Monte Cassino prior to 782 AD.
Answer: True
Explanation: The source indicates that Paul the Deacon first entered a monastery on Lake Como, and subsequently joined Monte Cassino before 782 AD.
Paul the Deacon's brother, Arichis, was taken prisoner to Francia in 776, and Paul successfully petitioned Charlemagne for his release five years later.
Answer: True
Explanation: Paul the Deacon's brother, Arichis, was indeed taken prisoner in 776, and Paul successfully petitioned Charlemagne for his release five years later.
Paul the Deacon was ordained as a deacon around 782 AD.
Answer: True
Explanation: Paul the Deacon was ordained as a deacon around 782 AD, which is reflected in his epithet 'Diaconus'.
Paul the Deacon's parents were Warnefrid and Adelperga.
Answer: False
Explanation: Paul the Deacon's parents were Warnefrid and Theodelinda, not Adelperga.
The 10th-century manuscript Laurentian Library Plut. 65.35 fol. 34r contains a portrait of Paulus Diaconus.
Answer: True
Explanation: A 10th-century manuscript, Laurentian Library Plut. 65.35 fol. 34r, is noted to contain a portrait of Paulus Diaconus.
By what name was Paul the Deacon NOT known?
Answer: Alboin
Explanation: Paul the Deacon was known by names such as Warnefridus, Winfridus, and Paulus Cassinensis. Alboin was the King of the Lombards, not one of Paul the Deacon's names.
Paul the Deacon was born around the 720s and died on April 13 in which of the following years?
Answer: 798
Explanation: Paul the Deacon died on April 13, in one of the years 796, 797, 798, or 799 AD. Among the given options, 798 falls within this range.
What was Paul the Deacon's nationality and religious order?
Answer: Lombard, Benedictine
Explanation: Paul the Deacon was of Lombard nationality and belonged to the Benedictine order.
Who was Paul the Deacon's ancestor who emigrated to Italy with King Alboin in 568 AD?
Answer: Leupichis
Explanation: Paul the Deacon's ancestor, Leupichis, emigrated to Italy in 568 AD as part of the retinue of King Alboin.
Where did Paul the Deacon likely receive his exceptionally good education, including learning Greek?
Answer: Pavia
Explanation: Paul the Deacon likely received his education, including learning Greek, at the court of the Lombard king Ratchis in Pavia.
Which prominent Benedictine house did Paul the Deacon join before 782 AD?
Answer: Monte Cassino
Explanation: Before 782 AD, Paul the Deacon joined the prominent Benedictine house of Monte Cassino, having first entered a monastery on Lake Como.
What action did Paul the Deacon take to secure his brother Arichis's freedom from imprisonment in Francia?
Answer: He wrote to Charlemagne on his brother's behalf.
Explanation: Paul the Deacon secured his brother Arichis's freedom by writing to Charlemagne on his behalf.
Paul the Deacon returned to Monte Cassino in which year after his time in Francia?
Answer: 787
Explanation: Paul the Deacon returned to Monte Cassino in 787 after his period in Francia.
What was Paul the Deacon's birth name?
Answer: Winfrid
Explanation: Paul the Deacon's birth name was Winfrid.
Which of the following was Paul the Deacon's mother?
Answer: Theodelinda
Explanation: Paul the Deacon's parents were Warnefrid and Theodelinda.
Paul the Deacon was primarily known for his contributions to Roman history, specifically his extensive work on the *Breviarium Historiae Romanae*.
Answer: False
Explanation: Paul the Deacon is primarily known for his *Historia Langobardorum*, while his *Historia Romana* was a continuation of Eutropius's *Breviarium Historiae Romanae*, not his most extensive or primary work.
Paul the Deacon's *Historia Langobardorum* covers the history of the Lombards from their legendary origins up to the death of King Liutprand in 744.
Answer: True
Explanation: The *Historia Langobardorum* chronicles the Lombards from their legendary origins up to the death of King Liutprand in 744.
The *Historia Langobardorum* was completed by Paul the Deacon in 787, shortly after his return to Monte Cassino.
Answer: False
Explanation: The *Historia Langobardorum* was written *after* Paul the Deacon's return to Monte Cassino in 787, but it was completed no later than 795–96, not in 787.
Paul the Deacon's *Historia Langobardorum* is particularly valuable for its portrayal of the relationships between the Franks and the Lombards from a Frankish perspective.
Answer: False
Explanation: The *Historia Langobardorum* is valuable for its portrayal of Frankish-Lombard relationships, but it presents them from a Lombardian perspective, not a Frankish one.
Paul the Deacon utilized the *Origo gentis Langobardorum*, the *Liber pontificalis*, and works by Bede for his *Historia Langobardorum*.
Answer: True
Explanation: Paul the Deacon indeed utilized the *Origo gentis Langobardorum*, the *Liber pontificalis*, and works by Bede, among other sources, for his *Historia Langobardorum*.
What was the primary work for which Paul the Deacon is most known?
Answer: *Historia Langobardorum*
Explanation: Paul the Deacon is primarily known for his significant work, the *Historia Langobardorum* (History of the Lombards).
Up to what event does Paul the Deacon's *Historia Langobardorum* chronicle the Langobards?
Answer: The death of King Liutprand in 744
Explanation: The *Historia Langobardorum* chronicles the Langobards up to the death of King Liutprand in 744.
What perspective does *Historia Langobardorum* offer regarding the relationships between the Franks and the Lombards?
Answer: A Lombardian perspective
Explanation: The *Historia Langobardorum* provides a valuable portrayal of the relationships between the Franks and the Lombards from a distinct Lombardian perspective.
Which of the following was NOT a key source Paul the Deacon utilized for his *Historia Langobardorum*?
Answer: The *Aeneid* by Virgil
Explanation: While Paul the Deacon utilized the *Origo gentis Langobardorum*, the *Liber pontificalis*, and works by Bede, the *Aeneid* by Virgil is not listed as a key source for his *Historia Langobardorum*.
Paul the Deacon wrote a continuation of Eutropius's *Summary of Roman History* at the request of Charlemagne.
Answer: False
Explanation: Paul the Deacon wrote the continuation of Eutropius's *Summary of Roman History* at the request of Adelperga, not Charlemagne.
Paul the Deacon's *Historia Romana* covers the period from 364 to 553 CE, extending Eutropius's original narrative.
Answer: True
Explanation: The *Historia Romana* extends Eutropius's narrative, covering the historical period from 364 to 553 CE.
Paul the Deacon compiled his *Historia Romana* at Monte Cassino between 766 and 771.
Answer: False
Explanation: Paul the Deacon compiled his *Historia Romana* at Benevento, not Monte Cassino, between 766 and 771.
Adelperga requested Paul the Deacon to expand Eutropius's *Breviarium* because it concluded abruptly and did not mention ecclesiastical affairs.
Answer: True
Explanation: Adelperga requested the expansion of Eutropius's *Breviarium* precisely because it concluded abruptly and lacked mention of ecclesiastical affairs.
Paul the Deacon's *Historia Romana* was not widely popular during the Middle Ages but is valued today for its unique perspective on the Roman Empire's decline.
Answer: False
Explanation: Contrary to the statement, Paul the Deacon's *Historia Romana* was highly popular during the Middle Ages and is valued for its early historical presentation of the Roman Empire's decline.
At whose request did Paul the Deacon write a continuation of Eutropius's *Summary of Roman History*?
Answer: Adelperga
Explanation: Paul the Deacon wrote the continuation of Eutropius's *Summary of Roman History* at the request of Adelperga, King Desiderius's daughter.
Paul the Deacon's *Historia Romana* extends Eutropius's *Breviarium* to cover which historical period?
Answer: From 364 to 553 CE
Explanation: Paul the Deacon's *Historia Romana* extends Eutropius's *Breviarium* to cover the historical period from 364 to 553 CE.
Where was Paul the Deacon's *Historia Romana* compiled?
Answer: Benevento
Explanation: Paul the Deacon compiled his *Historia Romana* at Benevento between 766 and 771.
Why did Adelperga complain about Eutropius's *Breviarium*, leading Paul the Deacon to expand it?
Answer: It did not mention ecclesiastical affairs and concluded abruptly.
Explanation: Adelperga complained that Eutropius's *Breviarium* did not mention ecclesiastical affairs and concluded abruptly, prompting Paul the Deacon to expand it.
What was the historical significance of Paul the Deacon's *Historia Romana* during the Middle Ages?
Answer: It was highly popular and valued for its presentation of the Roman Empire's decline.
Explanation: Paul the Deacon's *Historia Romana* was highly popular during the Middle Ages and valued for its early historical presentation of the decline and end of the Roman Empire in Western Europe.
*Liber de episcopis Mettensibus* was a history of the bishops of Metz written by Paul the Deacon at the request of Angilram.
Answer: True
Explanation: The *Liber de episcopis Mettensibus* is indeed a history of the bishops of Metz, written by Paul the Deacon at the request of Bishop Angilram.
*Liber de episcopis Mettensibus* was a pioneering work because it was the first history of bishops written in Italy.
Answer: False
Explanation: The *Liber de episcopis Mettensibus* was pioneering as the first history of bishops written *north of the Alps*, not specifically in Italy.
Paul the Deacon composed numerous letters, verses, and epitaphs, including those dedicated to members of the Carolingian family.
Answer: True
Explanation: Paul the Deacon's literary output included numerous letters, verses, and epitaphs, some of which were dedicated to members of the Carolingian family.
The hymn *Ut queant laxis* is famous for its connection to Guido of Arezzo's development of musical notation, and Paul the Deacon is definitively confirmed as its author.
Answer: False
Explanation: While *Ut queant laxis* is famous for its connection to Guido of Arezzo's musical notation, Paul the Deacon's authorship of the hymn has been denied by scholars like Karl Neff.
Guido of Arezzo derived the names for the first notes of the musical scale from the initial syllables of the first verses of the hymn *Ut queant laxis*.
Answer: True
Explanation: Guido of Arezzo indeed derived the names for the first notes of the musical scale from the initial syllables of the first verses of the hymn *Ut queant laxis*.
Paul the Deacon dedicated an epitome of Sextus Pompeius Festus's *De verborum significatu* to King Desiderius.
Answer: False
Explanation: Paul the Deacon dedicated his epitome of Sextus Pompeius Festus's *De verborum significatu* to Charlemagne, not King Desiderius.
Charlemagne requested Paul the Deacon to compile a collection of homilies while Paul was residing in Francia.
Answer: True
Explanation: Charlemagne indeed requested Paul the Deacon to compile a collection of homilies during his residence in Francia.
Paul the Deacon's compilation of homilies was widely adopted and used in Byzantine churches.
Answer: False
Explanation: Paul the Deacon's compilation of homilies became widely used in the *Frankish* churches, not Byzantine churches.
In his *In Assumptione* homilies, Paul the Deacon explicitly denied the possibility of Mary's bodily assumption into heaven.
Answer: False
Explanation: In his second *In Assumptione* homily, Paul the Deacon notably admitted the possibility of Mary's bodily assumption into heaven, rather than denying it.
A life of Pope Gregory the Great is attributed to Paul the Deacon.
Answer: True
Explanation: A biographical work detailing the life of Pope Gregory the Great is indeed attributed to Paul the Deacon.
Paul the Deacon is credited with translating the *Life of Saint Mary the Egyptian* from Latin into Greek.
Answer: False
Explanation: Paul the Deacon is credited with translating the *Life of Saint Mary the Egyptian* from Greek into Latin, not the other way around.
Who requested Paul the Deacon to write *Liber de episcopis Mettensibus*?
Answer: Angilram
Explanation: Angilram, the Bishop of Metz, requested Paul the Deacon to write *Liber de episcopis Mettensibus*.
What made *Liber de episcopis Mettensibus* a pioneering work?
Answer: It was the first history of bishops written north of the Alps.
Explanation: The *Liber de episcopis Mettensibus* was a pioneering work because it was the first history specifically detailing the lives and tenures of bishops to be written north of the Alps.
Which of the following forms of writing, besides historical narratives, did Paul the Deacon engage in?
Answer: Letters, verses, and epitaphs
Explanation: In addition to historical narratives, Paul the Deacon composed numerous letters, verses, and epitaphs.
What is the hymn *Ut queant laxis* famous for?
Answer: Its connection to Guido of Arezzo's naming of musical notes
Explanation: The hymn *Ut queant laxis* is famous for its connection to Guido of Arezzo, who used its initial syllables to name the first notes of the musical scale.
To whom did Paul the Deacon dedicate an epitome of Sextus Pompeius Festus's *De verborum significatu*?
Answer: Charlemagne
Explanation: Paul the Deacon dedicated an epitome of Sextus Pompeius Festus's *De verborum significatu* to Charlemagne.
What task did Charlemagne assign to Paul the Deacon while he was in Francia?
Answer: To compile a collection of homilies
Explanation: While Paul the Deacon was in Francia, Charlemagne requested him to compile a collection of homilies.
What was the impact of Paul the Deacon's homily compilation?
Answer: It became widely used in the Frankish churches.
Explanation: Paul the Deacon's compilation of homilies became widely used in the Frankish churches after its completion.
In his *In Assumptione* homilies, what stance did Paul the Deacon take regarding Mary's bodily assumption into heaven?
Answer: He admitted its possibility in the second homily.
Explanation: In his second *In Assumptione* homily, Paul the Deacon notably admitted the possibility of Mary's bodily assumption into heaven.
Which biographical work about a Pope is attributed to Paul the Deacon?
Answer: A life of Pope Gregory the Great
Explanation: A biographical work detailing the life of Pope Gregory the Great is indeed attributed to Paul the Deacon.
Paul the Deacon is credited with a Latin translation of which saint's life?
Answer: The *Life of Saint Mary the Egyptian*
Explanation: Paul the Deacon is credited with producing a Latin translation of the Greek *Life of Saint Mary the Egyptian*.
Paul the Deacon theorized that southern regions are more healthful for people and better suited for the propagation of nations due to their warmer climate.
Answer: False
Explanation: Paul the Deacon theorized that *northern* regions, being colder, are more healthful and better suited for the propagation of nations, while southern regions are more prone to diseases.
According to Paul the Deacon's geographical theory in *Historia Langobardorum*, which regions are more healthful and better suited for the propagation of nations?
Answer: Northern regions, being colder and further from the sun's heat
Explanation: Paul the Deacon's geographical theory posits that northern regions, being colder and further from the sun's heat, are more healthful and better suited for the propagation of nations.