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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John steal from his father in Chapter 6?

2. What happens when this visitor sees Joan in John's place?

3. For what reason do Anastasius and his father go to the Roman Lateran Palace?

4. Who was Joan's tutor when she was a child?

5. What is Joan warned could happen to people who ask the wrong questions?

Short Essay Questions

1. At whose home does Joan stay during her time at Dorstadt?

2. What causes the death of the servant Bertha on the walk to the fair?

3. Who is Pope when Anastasius is a young child?

4. How does Richild convince the Bishop to back Joan's marriage?

5. What decision has Gerold made while he was away from Joan?

6. What does Anastasius witness as he waits to visit his Uncle Theodorus?

7. Where did Joan go after the massacre at the church?

8. What event causes Joan to defy the church's policy against women and makes her happy to be living as a man?

9. Who is blamed for Matthew's death? Why?

10. Who comes to visit Joan and discovers the truth about her identity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Gerold? How does Gerold win Joan's affections? How does Gerold's affections for Joan go against the teachings of the Catholic Church? Who tells Gerold's wife that Gerold and Joan are lovers? Is this true? What does Richild do to keep Joan away from Gerold? Why does the Bishop go along with Richild's plot against Joan? How does Richild get Joan to the church the day of the massacre? How does the massacre change Joan's life? Why does Gerold believe Joan has been taken away by the Norsemen? How does Gerold react to the loss of Joan and his entire family?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following objects and their significance to the characters and plot development within the novel:

1. The hydraulic machine

2. St. Catherine medal

3. Joan's book by Homer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the education of women in relationship to the setting of the novel. Why is it unusual for a woman to be educated? Why does Joan seek to be educated? What might have been Joan's future had she not been educated? Why did Joan not want this future? Who does Joan meet that allows her to be sent to school with John? Why does John resent Joan's intelligence and desire to be educated? How does this affect their relationship? How does her desire to be tutored by a Greek scholar affect Joan's relationship with her Saxon mother?

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