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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what crime is Gerold put on trial in Chapter 29?
(a) An alliace with the Germans to end Frankish domination.
(b) Heresy.
(c) Treason.
(d) An alliance with Greece to end Frankish domination.

2. Who burns the project in an attempt to hurt the Pope's role in Rome?
(a) Anastasius.
(b) Ludwig.
(c) Gerold.
(d) Joan.

3. Who denounced Lothar only to be proven a liar in order to be appointed Pope upon Pope Sergius' death?
(a) Leo.
(b) Anastasius.
(c) Claudius.
(d) Joan.

4. What punishment does Benedict receive for his crime?
(a) He is hanged.
(b) His hands are severed.
(c) He is banished from Rome.
(d) He is placed in the dungeon.

5. What disaster befalls the people of Fulda?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) A flood.
(c) The plague.
(d) Leprosy.

6. What advice does Joan give the Pope when they learn a fleet of Saracen ships is on its way to Rome?
(a) To evacuate the city.
(b) To hide the religious relics.
(c) To hire an army.
(d) To ask Lothar for help.

7. What is the new pope's first project upon taking office?
(a) Rebuilding of the school house.
(b) Rebuilding of the watch tower.
(c) Rebuilding of the wall.
(d) Rebuilding of the aquaduct.

8. How do and Gerold Joan finally find a moment of intimacy after all these years?
(a) They are forced into a room after a tidal wave.
(b) They are washed onto a deserted island by a tsunami wave.
(c) They are lost in the rubble of a fallen building.
(d) They are placed in isolation while suffering the plague.

9. How do Joan's actions impede the power of the Pope's missus?
(a) Joan will not allow the Pope to oversee his daily duties.
(b) Joan allows the Pope to feel better and therefore attend to his duties.
(c) Joan influences the Pope with her own opinions.
(d) Joan will not let anyone visit the Pope.

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

11. Who attempts to poison Pope Leo in order to clear the way for the election of a new pope?
(a) Gerold.
(b) Joan.
(c) Anastasius.
(d) Arsenuis.

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

13. Who created this miracle?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Gerold.
(c) Joan.
(d) The Pope.

14. Who is fighting to gain the dead Emperor's title?
(a) His three nephews.
(b) His three cousins.
(c) His three brothers.
(d) His three sons.

15. What project does Joan suggest in order to protect the basilica from future attacks?
(a) Building a wall.
(b) Building a mote.
(c) Building a watch tower.
(d) Building a stronger army.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the cause of Joan's death?

2. What do the Saracens take from the basilica?

3. Who disapproves of the new Pope's progressive thinking?

4. What punishment does the Pope give the person accused of starting the fire?

5. To what position does the new Pope promote Joan?

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