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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom does Judith, wife of Viscount Waifar, come to the church to pray?
(a) Her dead husband.
(b) Her dying mother.
(c) Her stillborn daughter.
(d) Her dead son.

2. Who does Gerold kill on the docks in a rage?
(a) His assistant.
(b) Odo.
(c) Joan
(d) A Viking.

3. What does a fortune teller tell Joan in Chapter 9?
(a) She will have greatness and grief beyond belief.
(b) She will become famous.
(c) She will become a nun.
(d) She will marry a man she dislikes.

4. Who begins to test Joan on her Orthodox Theology knowledge upon her arrival at Dorstadt?
(a) Odo, the teacher.
(b) The Bishop.
(c) The Canon of Ingleheim.
(d) Gerold.

5. What happened to destroy the small village where Gudrun grew up?
(a) A battle for the Emperor's throne.
(b) Christian soldiers attacked.
(c) A natural storm destroyed it.
(d) The plague.

6. What subjects did Joan strive to learn?
(a) Homeopathy and paganism.
(b) Religion and medicine.
(c) Religion and philosophy.
(d) Medicine and logic.

7. How does Joan's father react to her display of intelligence in her attempts to allow her to take up Matthew's studies?
(a) He accuses her of killing Matthew in order to take his place in his studies.
(b) He calls her unnatural and blames her for Matthew's death.
(c) He sends her to school.
(d) He reminds her that females are not allowed to be educated.

8. In Chapter 15, what do the monks gather to do?
(a) To confess their sins and the sins of others.
(b) To celebrate Easter.
(c) To party.
(d) To recieve their promotions within the church.

9. What happens to John and the emissary as they walk in the woods in Chapter 6?
(a) They are attacked by a brigand.
(b) They attack an unarmed group of travelers.
(c) They decide to run away.
(d) They are attacked by Norsemen.

10. What does Aesculapius promise Joan when he leaves?
(a) He will arrange for her to go to him.
(b) He will return for her.
(c) He will send another teacher to her.
(d) He will arrange for her to enter a better school.

11. What does Joan plan to do to avoid getting married?
(a) Run away with John.
(b) Request the help of the church council.
(c) Enlist the Bishop's support.
(d) Go home to her mother.

12. What is Joan warned could happen to people who ask the wrong questions?
(a) She could be forced into an unwanted marriage.
(b) Some who ask heretical questions have been stoned.
(c) She could be forced to prove her faith by drowning.
(d) Some who ask such questions have disappeared.

13. Who often comes to Joan's rescue when the other students torment her?
(a) Odo.
(b) John.
(c) Matthew.
(d) Gerold.

14. Who does Joan begin to teach and arranges to send to the abbey school?
(a) Arn, the son of the woman Joan cured.
(b) Matthew, her brother.
(c) John, her brother.
(d) Gisla, Gerold's daughter.

15. What does Joan's father do when he sees her reading the book Aesculapius gave Joan?
(a) He orders her to scrape the words from the pages.
(b) He asks her to read it to him.
(c) He asks her to explain the main concepts to him.
(d) He burns it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of questions is Joan advised not to ask in Chapter 9?

2. Where has Joan been for the five years since her wedding?

3. What does Joan show to her father in order to inspire him to allow her to take up Matthew's studies?

4. With whom does Joan fancy herself in love at the young age of thirteen?

5. Who comes to visit John of Anglicus at Fulda?

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