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

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

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

4. How do Joan's actions impede the power of the Pope's missus?
(a) Joan influences the Pope with her own opinions.
(b) Joan will not allow the Pope to oversee his daily duties.
(c) Joan allows the Pope to feel better and therefore attend to his duties.
(d) Joan will not let anyone visit the Pope.

5. What penance does Joan offer the Pope after he confesses his sins?
(a) To avoid wine and four-footed meat.
(b) To avoid sex.
(c) To avoid sweets.
(d) To avoid wine and tobacco.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of a leader is Pope Leo?

3. For what crime is Gerold put on trial in Chapter 29?

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

5. What punishment does Benedict receive for his crime?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Cardinal Leo elected Pope over Anastasius?

2. Who begins to plot against Pope Joan because of her ideas?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Pope Leo excommunicate Anastasius?

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