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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. As the baby grew inside of Joan, she:
(a) Thought the baby would grow up to be pope.
(b) Thought about the beauty of the life inside her.
(c) Thought she had experienced immaculate conception.
(d) Just thought she was getting fat.

2. What does Kit do while waiting for Angie to finish cleaning her room?
(a) Makes small talk with Joyce.
(b) Tries to leave without Angie.
(c) Walks up and down the block.
(d) Brushes her hair.

3. Which character does not have a dead lover?
(a) Joyce.
(b) Nijo.
(c) Marlene.
(d) Pope Joan.

4. Where does Act 1, Part 1 take place?
(a) In Japan.
(b) In Marlene's home.
(c) In a living room.
(d) In a restaurant.

5. What is the consequence of Joan's birth experience?
(a) She and the baby are stoned to death.
(b) The baby is hailed as a miracle.
(c) She and the baby are forced to go into hiding.
(d) The baby is raised by nuns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Marlene and Jeanine meeting in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. Why are the women toasting Marlene?

3. How did Nijo feel when the Emperor died?

4. What is wrong with Angie's dress in Act 2, Scene 2?

5. When Joan went into labor, what did she think was happening?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think the author includes a character like Isabella in the play?

2. What is Marlene's power revealed in Act 2, Scene 3, Part 1, and why is this considered a power?

3. What is Marlene's reaction towards her visitors in Act 2, Scene 3, Part 2?

4. Why might Joan have taken a lover when she was Pope?

5. How might Marlene have reacted if she had a husband like Walter?

6. Why might Churchill have written the character of Griselda as arriving late? What might it symbolize?

7. How is Marlene's coworker Win a reflection on her own character?

8. How does Angie lack traditional femininity in Act 2, Scene 2?

9. Before you learn that Shona is lying, does she show that she deserves a chance to be sent on a good job interview? Why?

10. What parallel can be drawn between Jeanine and Marlene?

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