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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 does Richild force a servant to walk along side the wagons?

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

3. What threat does Richild use to convince the Bishop to go along with the wedding?

4. Why does Richild arrange a marriage for Joan?

5. What does Joan think of this impending marriage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why will the leaders at the monastery not allow Brother Gottschalk to leave?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who is the only person who knows Joan is a woman and how did he come to know this?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Why is Hrotrud forced to drown? What does this punishment say about religious beliefs in this time period? Why does Joan feel this punishment is illogical? Is Joan right? Why is Joan excited by the idea of applying logic to religion? Why has no one else ever attempted to apply logic to religion? Is it heretical to apply logic to religion? Is Joan religious? Does Joan believe in the Catholic Church? How does the reader come to understand Joan's feelings about her religion?

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