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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What advice does Gudrun give her daughter that Joan will recall all her life?
(a) Never fall in love.
(b) Never let a man raise a hand to her.
(c) Never allow her sex to hold her down.
(d) Never depend on a man.

3. What job is Gerold assigned to do while away from his family?
(a) District judge or missus.
(b) Bishop of a school.
(c) General of the army.
(d) Advisor to the emperor.

4. How does Joan see her love for Gerold now that time has passed?
(a) Joan sees it as an illness she will recover from.
(b) Joan sees love as a weakness in her human spirit.
(c) Joan still holds on to it, hoping he will return to her.
(d) Joan sees Gerold as a fatherly-figure she mistook for a lover.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject does Joan attempt to challenge her tester on in Chapter 7-8?

2. Who cares for Joan through her illness in Chapter 6?

3. Who often comes to Joan's rescue when the other students torment her?

4. In Chapter 15, what do the monks gather to do?

5. What type of questions is Joan advised not to ask in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Joan treated at school? Why?

2. From what background are Joan's parents and why do these backgrounds not mix?

3. Who is the only person who knows Joan is a woman and how did he come to know this?

4. How does her friendship with Gerold continue Joan's education?

5. At whose home does Joan stay during her time at Dorstadt?

6. Who arranges a marriage for Joan? Who does Joan believe is behind this arranged marriage?

7. What person comes to visit the Canon of Ingleheim and what does he try to teach him about logic?

8. Who is blamed for Matthew's death? Why?

9. Where does Gerold believe Joan is after he fails to find her body among those murdered at the church?

10. Where did Joan go after the massacre at the church?

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