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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. Why was Joan's mother considered a heathen by her father?

2. What does Matthew give to Joan to celebrate her intelligence?

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

4. How does Joan's father react to her display of intelligence in her attempts to allow her to take up Matthew's studies?

5. Who finds the survivor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who teaches Joan to read and write? Why do they keep this secret?

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

4. Who invites Joan to attend school in Dorstadt? Why do Joan's parents allow this person to believe John is the intended student?

5. Who does Aesculapius want to take on as a student?

6. With whom does Joan get into a discussion regarding the inferiority of females?

7. What does Joan notice at the home of the Bishop that she finds unusual?

8. Where does Gerold believe Joan is after he fails to find her body among those murdered at the church?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the men in Joan's family. Who was Joan's father? Why does he feel women are inferior to men? How does this belief affect the relationship between Joan and her father? Discuss Matthew. How does Matthew seek to help Joan educate herself? How does this affect their relationship? What gift does Matthew give to Joan? Why is Joan blamed for Matthew's death? Who is John? What is his relationship like with Joan? What causes the tension in this relationship? What does John want to be as an adult? Why? Why will John never achieve his dream?

Essay Topic 2

Why did Joan cut her hair and take her brother's cloak after the massacre on her wedding day? Where does Joan go? Why? What education does Joan receive in this new place? How does this situation place Joan in trouble? What might happen if Joan were discovered? Who eventually does discover the truth? What does this person do? Who else knows the truth about Joan? Why does no one ever learn the truth about Joan? How likely is it that a woman could live in this way for so many years and deceive so many people? How does the author explain this deceit to the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Joan's relationship with Gerold. How does Gerold feel about Joan? Would Gerold marry Joan even though she pretends to be a man? Why does Joan repeatedly refuse to run away with Gerold? Whose advice causes Joan to hesitate to be reliant on a man? Are Joan and Gerold lovers? When do they become lovers? How does this relationship threaten Joan's future as Pope? How does this romance ultimately lead to Joan's death and the revelation she is female?

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