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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Scene 3, what is the goal of the French army?
(a) To defeat the English army.
(b) To swim across the river.
(c) To find a way to obtain food for their starving troops.
(d) To come up with a new formation to fool the English army.

2. What does the Dauphin tell the high-ranking officials when they return to the room in Scene 2?
(a) That they are dismissed from his employ.
(b) That Joan is to be taken to the dungeon.
(c) That they must give him more money for a military exploit.
(d) That they will now have to follow Joan.

3. What is Joan anxious to do in Scene 3?
(a) Take over control of the army from the French commander.
(b) Find food for the troops.
(c) Retreat.
(d) Attack the close enemy.

4. In Scene 4, what are the nobleman and the chaplain bemoaning?
(a) The uncomfortable living conditions at the camp.
(b) The French spies and their ability to gain access to the English encampment.
(c) The lack of space in the encampment.
(d) The English army's continuing list of battles lost to the French.

5. What is the French army unable to do in the beginning of Scene 3?
(a) Get organized.
(b) Come up with a competent strategy.
(c) Cross the river.
(d) Defeat the Spanish.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scene 1, what does Robert think about Joan's assertion that she hears voices?

2. What has led to the ceremony at the cathedral in Scene 5?

3. At which landmark is the French army located in the beginning of Scene 3?

4. Who warns Joan that she is perilously close to a sin in her eagerness to continue battling?

5. What is Joan fixed on after the Battle of Orleans?

(see the answer key)

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