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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Louis to almost fall off his saddle?

2. Who dies trying to defend Joan?

3. Who once owned the sword that Joan uses in battle?

4. Who defends Joan in her military strategies?

5. Who writes a poem for the girl the Paladin is in love with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joan try to escape from the English prison the second time?

2. Describe Joan's death.

3. What causes Joan to rush into the battle at Orleans?

4. What does Joan do when she sees her father after the coronation?

5. How is the battle at Patay won?

6. What does Catherine ask Joan to do after the victory at Jargeau, and how does Joan respond?

7. How does Joan try to escape from her English prison the first time?

8. How does Joan defeat the English stronghold at Troyes?

9. What happens on the day Joan is captured?

10. What does Charles VII reward Joan with after her success at Orleans?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens at Joan's trial, and what significance does this have on the plot? Who is involved in the scene there, and what does this monumental event symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

Which character do you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How does this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

The Dwarf was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How does he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence, however brief, alters the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if he had not been in the book at all?

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