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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. Which one person knew Joan's true self?

2. What does Gerold buy for Joan during their trip in Chapter 9?

3. For whom does Judith, wife of Viscount Waifar, come to the church to pray?

4. What does Mathew begin to teach six-year-old Joan?

5. What does a farrier do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How is Joan treated at school? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Joan's attempts to heal and prevent spread of disease during her time at the monastery. How does Joan heal a woman thought to have leprosy? What is the woman's true illness? How does Joan heal this illness? What reaction does Joan get from the other monks when the woman is healed? How does Joan attempt to slow the progression of the plague during mass? Does this stop the spread? Do other priests adopt this same practice? How do church officials reward Joan for these actions?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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