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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joan show to her father in order to inspire him to allow her to take up Matthew's studies?
(a) That she can read.
(b) That she is smarter than John.
(c) That she can write.
(d) That she can draw better than John.

2. For what reason does Matthew feel they should hide these lessons from their father?
(a) He would make fun of tiny Joan.
(b) He would not approve.
(c) He would be disappointed in Joan's inability to learn quickly.
(d) They want to surprise him.

3. Why is Joan beaten unconscious by her father at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Joan decides her father is too ignorant to explain the concepts in her gift from Aesculapius to her father.
(b) Joan refuses to read her gift from Aesculapius to her father.
(c) Joan refuses to allow her father to burn her gift from Aesculapius.
(d) Joan refuses to scrape the words from the pages of her gift from Aesculapius.

4. From where is the emissary who comes in Chapter 6, looking for Joan?
(a) A school in Dorstadt.
(b) The Pope's residence in Rome.
(c) The monastery in Fulda.
(d) The Emperor's residence.

5. For what reason does Joan admire this saint?
(a) For her courage.
(b) For her knowledge.
(c) For her strength.
(d) For her humanity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Joan meet who argues that logic does not threaten faith?

2. What is the name of the school Joan would eventually attend?

3. Who was Joan's tutor when she was a child?

4. Who does their father blame for Matthew's death?

5. How does Joan's father react to her display of intelligence in her attempts to allow her to take up Matthew's studies?

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