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

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

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

4. Where does Joan spend a great deal of her time in Rome assisting?
(a) The infirmary.
(b) The Schola Anglorum.
(c) St. Paul's Cathedral.
(d) The Vatican.

5. Why does Joan refuse to run away with Gerold in Chapter 27?
(a) She does not want to give up her career.
(b) She has too many responsibilities.
(c) She does not love him.
(d) She does not want to be forced to rely on a man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position in the church does Anastasius hope to one day achieve?

2. What disaster hits the Martius area that forces Gerold and Joan to go there in order to save the poor?

3. What illness befalls the Pope in Chapter 19?

4. Who does Joan believe might be responsible for the destruction of the Saracens due to divine presence?

5. What conclusion does Joan reach when she comes to treat the Pope's illness in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Joan's death?

2. Why does Pope Leo excommunicate Anastasius?

3. Who is working behind the new Pope, Pope Sergius, in order to increase his own power?

4. How does Pope Leo die? Who is elected to take his place?

5. Who arrests Benedict? What punishment does he suffer?

6. To what office does Anastasius aspire? For what reason?

7. What miracle does Joan create in order to stop the fighting between Pope Sergius and Lothar?

8. How do Gerold and Joan become stranded together in a boat?

9. Why is Cardinal Leo elected Pope over Anastasius?

10. How does Joan prove Gerold innocent during his trial for treason?

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