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Pope Joan | Quiz

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Pope Joan | Quiz

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1)

What changes to her body does Joan not like? (from Chapters 9-10)

Joan dislikes the new curves at her waist and hips.
Joan dislikes that the boys find her asexual.
Joan dislikes that she has no breasts.
Joan dislikes the growth of her breasts.
2)

How does Joan save Gerold during his trial? (from Chapter 29)

By banishing Anastasius from Rome.
By using Cicero's laws.
By getting more people on her side.
By vowing loyalty to Lothar.
3)

What does a farrier do? (from Chapter 11)

Shoes horses.
Makes fur coats.
Raises minks.
Milks cows.
4)

What does Gerold buy for Joan during their trip in Chapter 9? (from Chapters 9-10)

Cotton candy.
A new dress.
Blueprints to a motorized wagon.
Blueprints to a hydraulic device.
5)

What does Richild do to Joan to force her to attend the wedding? (from Chapter 11)

Richild has the Bishop imprison Joan until the wedding.
Richild calls the military to escort Joan to the wedding.
Richild drugs Joan.
Richild ties Joan up.
6)

In Chapter 15, who offers punishment to the monks at Fulda? (from Chapter 15)

John of Anglicus.
Abbot Raban.
Gerold.
Canon of Ingleheim.
7)

What law does Anastasius invoke at Gerold's trial in Chapter 29? (from Chapter 29)

Gnosticism.
Convention.
Intinction.
Conjuration.
8)

Who returned Joan's name to the history of the papacy? (from Epilogue)

Arn, a former pupil of Joan's.
Gerold, Joan's lover.
Arnaldo, a former pupil's child.
John, Joan's brother.
9)

How does Joan see her love for Gerold now that time has passed? (from Chapter 14)

Joan sees Gerold as a fatherly-figure she mistook for a lover.
Joan still holds on to it, hoping he will return to her.
Joan sees love as a weakness in her human spirit.
Joan sees it as an illness she will recover from.
10)

Why does Richild arrange a marriage for Joan? (from Chapter 11)

To get her away from the other children in the school.
She believes Joan needs more structure in her life.
To get her away from Gerold.
Because she believes Joan is in love with her future husband.
11)

What penance does Joan offer the Pope after he confesses his sins? (from Chapters 22-23)

To avoid sex.
To avoid wine and tobacco.
To avoid sweets.
To avoid wine and four-footed meat.
12)

How does Joan cure a leper? (from Chapter 16)

The woman had a simple skin infection, not leprosy.
She has special powers bestowed on her by God.
She has learned magic through her tutor.
The woman had a mild case.
13)

What does Joan plan to do to avoid getting married? (from Chapter 11)

Go home to her mother.
Run away with John.
Request the help of the church council.
Enlist the Bishop's support.
14)

What accomplice to the poisoners is found dead in the river? (from Chapter 26)

Waldipert.
Benedict.
Arsenius.
Gerold.
15)

What does a fortune teller tell Joan in Chapter 9? (from Chapters 9-10)

She will become a nun.
She will marry a man she dislikes.
She will become famous.
She will have greatness and grief beyond belief.
16)

Who created this miracle? (from Chapter 21)

Joan.
Gerold.
Matthew.
The Pope.
17)

Who attempts to poison Pope Leo in order to clear the way for the election of a new pope? (from Chapter 26)

Arsenuis.
Joan.
Anastasius.
Gerold.
18)

What illness befalls the Pope in Chapter 19? (from Chapter 19)

Cancer.
Leprosy.
A great pain caused by excess food and drink.
The plague.
19)

What medical condition does Joan learn she has after the flood? (from Chapter 28)

Plague.
Pregnancy.
Cancer.
Syphilis.
20)

Why does the author suspect Joan was erased from the history books dealing with the papacy? (from Epilogue)

Rome was ashamed of having a female pope.
Anastasius wrote the history.
The pages dealing with Joan's rule were lost in a fire.
Joan herself asked that she be omitted from any written history.
21)

Why is Judith, wife of Viscount Waifar, turned away from the church even though she has waited the normal thirty days? (from Chapter 14)

She refuses to bow to the male churchgoers.
She has committed a crime.
She has no money to pay a donation.
She is considered unclean.
22)

Where is Joan sent by the missus? (from Chapter 20)

The dungeon.
Back to Ingleheim.
To serve the lepers in a leper colony.
A monastery in Fulda.
23)

What is a leper? (from Chapter 16)

A person who is unclean and unwanted.
A person who spreads the plague.
A person who suffers from the disease leprosy.
A person who steals.
24)

Who is traveling with Lothar's army? (from Chapter 21)

John.
Matthew.
Gerold.
Benedict.
25)

Why does Richild force a servant to walk along side the wagons? (from Chapters 9-10)

Because of a tasteless joke about the daughter of Richild's wedding night.
Because she was angry at Joan for riding a horse, but could not punish Joan.
Because the servant refused to sit with the luggage.
Because the servant refused to help load the wagons.
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