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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who takes over some of the Pope's charitable projects, leading to the nickname Little Pope?
(a) John.
(b) Anastasius.
(c) Joan.
(d) Gerold.

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

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

5. How does Joan attempt to treat her condition?
(a) With herbs to promote a miscarriage.
(b) With herbs to shrink the tumor.
(c) With opiates to treat the pain.
(d) With molds to treat the infection.

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

7. To where does the fire spread, placing innocent lives in danger?
(a) The village.
(b) The school house.
(c) The local market.
(d) The basilica.

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

9. 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 hire an army.
(c) To ask Lothar for help.
(d) To hide the religious relics.

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

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

12. What happens to another fleet of Saracen ships come to invade Rome?
(a) They are massacred by Lothar's army.
(b) They are turned back by a fleet of armed ships.
(c) They break apart in a storm.
(d) They are destroyed by Viking warriors.

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

14. What is the purpose of the large procession Joan participates in in Chapter 29?
(a) To celebrate passover.
(b) To pray for a good harvest.
(c) To fend off frost on the corn fields.
(d) To celebrate the Pope.

15. What event is Anastasius waiting to take place in order to help him advance in the church?
(a) The death of Pope Gregory.
(b) The assension of Lothar to the Emperor's throne.
(c) The death of Emperor Louis.
(d) The ordination of Pope Gregory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is fighting to gain the dead Emperor's title?

2. On whose side does Gerold choose to fight?

3. How do Joan's actions impede the power of the Pope's missus?

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

5. What is done with the surviving Saracens?

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