2. What law does Anastasius invoke at Gerold's trial in Chapter 29?
(a) Gnosticism.
(b) Intinction.
(c) Conjuration.
(d) Convention.

3. What magical event takes place when Lothar reaches Rome?
(a) The city gates close on their own.
(b) The city gates open on their own.
(c) The basilica doors close on their own.
(d) The basilica doors open.

4. What is the cause of Joan's death?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Miscarriage.
(c) Plague.
(d) Murder.

5. Where is Joan sent by the missus?
(a) The dungeon.
(b) To serve the lepers in a leper colony.
(c) Back to Ingleheim.
(d) A monastery in Fulda.

6. What occasion does Joan insist on waiting for before running away with Gerold?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Easter.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Passover.

7. To whom does Joan overhear Anastasius pledge loyalty?
(a) Ludwig.
(b) Lothar.
(c) The Pope.
(d) Charles.

8. What accomplice to the poisoners is found dead in the river?
(a) Benedict.
(b) Arsenius.
(c) Gerold.
(d) Waldipert.

9. What misunderstanding do Gerold and Joan work out when they meet up again?
(a) Gerold's involvement in Joan's arranged marriage.
(b) Gerold's association with Lothar.
(c) Gerold's affairs with other women.
(d) Gerold's devotion to Richild.

10. Whose army arrives to save the people of Rome from the Saracens?
(a) Charles.
(b) Lothar.
(c) Gerold.
(d) Prince Siconulf.

11. Who disapproves of the new Pope's progressive thinking?
(a) The optimates and high clergy.
(b) The people.
(c) The Emperor.
(d) Arsenius.

12. What scheme has the missus concocted with the courtesan, Marioza?
(a) To bribe John of Angelicus to stop treating the Pope.
(b) To prove John of Angelicus is really Joan of Ingleheim.
(c) To seduce John of Angelicus and ruin his reputation.
(d) To prove John of Angelicus is not a real doctor.

13. What illness befalls the Pope in Chapter 19?
(a) The plague.
(b) A great pain caused by excess food and drink.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Leprosy.

14. Who is elected Pope after Leo's death?
(a) Arsenius.
(b) Anastasius.
(c) Waldipert.
(d) Joan.

15. How does Joan save Gerold during his trial?
(a) By getting more people on her side.
(b) By vowing loyalty to Lothar.
(c) By banishing Anastasius from Rome.
(d) By using Cicero's laws.