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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Joan been for the five years since her wedding?
(a) Home with her parents.
(b) A monestary in Fulda.
(c) A convent in Rome.
(d) Living with her husband.

2. How does Joan end up traveling to Dorstadt?
(a) Joan pretends to be John.
(b) Joan convinces the Bishop's men that her parents want her to accompany her brother.
(c) Joan pretends to be John's servant.
(d) Joan flirts with the men and offers to marry one in exchange for going on the trip.

3. 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 burns it.
(d) He asks her to explain the main concepts to him.

4. What does Joan discover about white wolves simply by observing them?
(a) That their pups require their father's to lick them into life.
(b) That their pups are born brown.
(c) That their pups are born alive, contrary to popular belief.
(d) That their pups are born with their eyes open.

5. Who does Richild tell Joan is behind the arranged marriage?
(a) Gerold.
(b) The Bishop.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

6. What happens when Joan and her companions arrive at the Bishop's palace?
(a) They are interviewed and invited to dinner.
(b) They are immediately placed in the school dorms.
(c) They are bathed and invited to dinner.
(d) They are jailed for bad behavior on the trip.

7. What stipulation does Joan's father place on the Greek tutor before allowing him to teach Joan?
(a) He must take her away and never allow her to return.
(b) He must teach John as well.
(c) He must marry her first.
(d) He must not teach her Plato's logic.

8. What does Gerold find when he returns home to Villairis?
(a) His wife is out of town.
(b) The village has been attacked, but everyone is fine.
(c) The village burned to ashes.
(d) Everything is normal.

9. What happened to the servant Richild forced to walk beside the wagons in Chapter 9?
(a) She fell and broke her neck.
(b) She drowned out of exhaustion.
(c) She eventually was allowed back in the wagons.
(d) She rode on the back of Joan's horse.

10. Who was Joan's tutor when she was a child?
(a) Anastasius.
(b) Gerold.
(c) Richild.
(d) Aesculapius.

11. What type of books does Gerold begin giving Joan?
(a) Books on philosophy.
(b) Books on cooking and female ettiquette.
(c) Religious books.
(d) Books that address issues outside of religion.

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

13. To what office is Joan eventually elected?
(a) Pope.
(b) Archbishop.
(c) Emperor.
(d) Cardinal.

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

15. Why does Odo, the school master, treat Joan badly?
(a) He feels inferior to her intelligence.
(b) He feels he cannot treat her with any amount of superiority.
(c) He feels she is not smart enough to be there and wants to prove it.
(d) He feels she should work harder to make up for being female.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Richild force a servant to walk along side the wagons?

3. By what name is Joan known?

4. What does Joan plan to do to avoid getting married?

5. Which saint does Joan admire?

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