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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 has Benedict said he took the Papal treasury?
(a) To pay off Lothar to stop the invasion.
(b) To find a better doctor to care for the Pope.
(c) To hire an army to defend Rome.
(d) To take the Pope to safety.

2. What punishment does the Pope give the person accused of starting the fire?
(a) Excommunication.
(b) Exile.
(c) Hanging.
(d) Imprisonment in the dungeon.

3. What do the Saracens take from the basilica?
(a) The cross of Constantine.
(b) The ark of the covenant.
(c) The cross of Gabriel.
(d) The holy grail.

4. What illness befalls the Pope in Chapter 19?
(a) Leprosy.
(b) The plague.
(c) A great pain caused by excess food and drink.
(d) Cancer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Joan spend a great deal of her time in Rome assisting?

2. What is done with the surviving Saracens?

3. Who takes over some of the Pope's charitable projects, leading to the nickname Little Pope?

4. On whose side does Gerold choose to fight?

5. Who takes advantage of the Pope's illness by exerting his power beyond the limits of his position as missus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Joan finally agree to run away with Gerold?

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

3. Why is Joan arrested? What is her punishment?

4. What project does Joan immediately give to Gerold to oversee as she becomes Pope?

5. Who does Gerold support in the battle between the dead Emperor's three sons?

6. What warning does Joan give Pope Sergius in the face of the Saracen attack that he does not heed?

7. Who starts the fire that burns the new wall Pope Leo is building and destroys several other buildings, including the school? Why?

8. Why is Cardinal Leo elected Pope over Anastasius?

9. What truth does Joan learn when she sees Gerold again? How does Joan react to Gerold's request to run away?

10. What does Joan encourage Pope Sergius to do that makes Benedict unhappy?

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