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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 happens to John and the emissary as they walk in the woods in Chapter 6?

2. What type of books does Gerold begin giving Joan?

3. What does a farrier do?

4. Where has Joan been for the five years since her wedding?

5. Who is Richild?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whose death leads Joan to discover that logic applied to religion makes sense? Why?

2. Why does Joan insist on helping cure a woman who has been diagnosed with leprosy?

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

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

5. What happens to all who come to attend Joan's wedding, including her brother John?

6. What person comes to visit the Canon of Ingleheim and what does he try to teach him about logic?

7. What advice does Gudrun give to Joan that Joan will remember the rest of her life?

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

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

10. What event allows Joan to take on the persona of her brother and enter a monastery under his name?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the setting of the novel. When is the novel set? Where is the novel set? What impact does the time period in which the novel is set affect the overall plot? How would the novel be different if the novel were set in a different time period? What is significant about the historical setting of the novel? What is the significance of the political atmosphere of the novel? How do government power struggles affect the overall plot?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Joan's childhood, paying special attention to the things that affected her choices in young adulthood. Who is Joan? Who was her father? Who was her mother? What was the relationship like between Joan's parents? What impact did this relationship have Joan's emotional growth as a child? How did Joan's father treat her? Why? How was Joan's relationship with her mother? What was unusual about this relationship?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Joan's rise in the Catholic Church. How does Joan come to be a monk? When is Joan promoted to priest? What is the reaction of other monks? How does this reaction foreshadow other times in which Joan's rise will negatively or positively affect those around her? How does Joan come to be doctor to the Pope? Why is the Pope's brother threatened by her presence? What action does the brother take against Joan? How does Joan's position in the Pope's home eventually lead to her becoming Pope?

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