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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To what position does the new Pope promote Joan?
(a) Bishop.
(b) Nomenclator.
(c) Superista.
(d) Cardinal.

3. 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.

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

5. How do and Gerold Joan finally find a moment of intimacy after all these years?
(a) They are washed onto a deserted island by a tsunami wave.
(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 placed in isolation while suffering the plague.

6. 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 not a real doctor.
(c) To bribe John of Angelicus to stop treating the Pope.
(d) To prove John of Angelicus is really Joan of Ingleheim.

7. On whose side does Gerold choose to fight?
(a) Lothar.
(b) Anastasius.
(c) Ludwig.
(d) Charles.

8. What courtesan does Joan see during the procession to whom she offers forgiveness for her role in a plot against Joan?
(a) Richild.
(b) Marioza.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Gudrun.

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

10. What warning does a messenger bring the Pope on the Day of Ascension?
(a) That the Emperor will be appointing a new Pope.
(b) That Lothar is coming.
(c) That the Saracens are coming.
(d) That Joan has escaped and will seek revenge.

11. What conclusion does Joan reach when she comes to treat the Pope's illness in Chapter 20?
(a) He has cancer.
(b) He has a digestive disorder similar to diabetes.
(c) He has split personality brought on by excess alcohol.
(d) He has a personality disorder.

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

13. Who dies protecting the Pope from falling fire debris?
(a) Cardinal John.
(b) Vicedominus Arighis.
(c) Vicedominus Waldipert.
(d) Bishop Ludwig.

14. What crime is Benedict accused of committing?
(a) Theft.
(b) Heresy.
(c) Adultery.
(d) Murder.

15. Who captures Benedict on the road to Rome?
(a) Gerold.
(b) Lothar's army.
(c) The Pope's army.
(d) Joan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Benedict said he took the Papal treasury?

2. Why does Joan refuse to run away with Gerold in Chapter 27?

3. What item does Joan give to the daughter of her friend, Arn?

4. What magical event takes place when Lothar reaches Rome?

5. Who is elected Pope after Leo's death?

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