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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. What medical condition does Joan learn she has after the flood?
(a) Plague.
(b) Pregnancy.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) Cancer.

2. Whose army arrives to save the people of Rome from the Saracens?
(a) Charles.
(b) Lothar.
(c) Prince Siconulf.
(d) Gerold.

3. Who does Joan believe might be responsible for the destruction of the Saracens due to divine presence?
(a) Gerold.
(b) Leo.
(c) Lothar.
(d) Anastasius.

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

5. How does Joan attempt to treat her condition?
(a) With herbs to promote a miscarriage.
(b) With opiates to treat the pain.
(c) With herbs to shrink the tumor.
(d) With molds to treat the infection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What punishment does the Pope give the person accused of starting the fire?

2. Who attempts to poison Pope Leo in order to clear the way for the election of a new pope?

3. About what people is Anastasius writing a book dealing with their history?

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

5. What warning does a messenger bring the Pope on the Day of Ascension?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is referred to as 'Little Pope' under Pope Leo? Why?

2. Why does Benedict abandon his brother and leave Rome?

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

4. Why does Pope Leo excommunicate Anastasius?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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