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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 dies protecting the Pope from falling fire debris?
(a) Cardinal John.
(b) Vicedominus Waldipert.
(c) Vicedominus Arighis.
(d) Bishop Ludwig.

2. How do and Gerold Joan finally find a moment of intimacy after all these years?
(a) They are forced into a room after a tidal wave.
(b) They are washed onto a deserted island by a tsunami wave.
(c) They are placed in isolation while suffering the plague.
(d) They are lost in the rubble of a fallen building.

3. What nationality is the new Bishop the Pope has appointed that causes outrage from Magister Militum Daniel?
(a) Italian.
(b) Greek.
(c) French.
(d) Saxon.

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

5. What conclusion does Joan reach when she comes to treat the Pope's illness in Chapter 20?
(a) He has split personality brought on by excess alcohol.
(b) He has cancer.
(c) He has a digestive disorder similar to diabetes.
(d) He has a personality disorder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is fighting to gain the dead Emperor's title?

2. What do the Saracens take from the basilica?

3. What happens to another fleet of Saracen ships come to invade Rome?

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

5. Why has Benedict said he took the Papal treasury?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Pope Leo excommunicate Anastasius?

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

3. What does Joan implement in order to help slow the spread of the plague during Church services?

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

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

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

7. Why is Cardinal Leo elected Pope over Anastasius?

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

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

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

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