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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 Gudrun support her husband's lie that the emissary should be looking for John, not Joan in chapter 6?

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

3. Why is Joan beaten unconscious by her father at the end of Chapter 5?

4. Why is John unhappy with the idea of going to school?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joan manage to go with John to attend school at Dorstadt?

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

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

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

5. How does Joan make it possible for Gottschalk to leave the monastery?

6. How does Joan survive? How does she plan to continue to survive?

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

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

9. Where does Joan go to school and whose teachings help her get there?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following themes, citing examples from the novel:

1. Oppression of women

2. Religion

3. Politics.

Essay Topic 2

Who is Anastasius? Why does his father force him to watch the murder of his father? What emotions do this episode inspire in Anastasius? Why does the author introduce Anastasius this early in the novel? What does Anastasius' witnessing of the murder and his appearance this early in the novel foreshadow as the plot continues to develop? Is Anastasius' father looking out for his son or is he trying to promote some agenda of his own?

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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