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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 does a farrier do?

2. Why does Odo, the school master, treat Joan badly?

3. Who does Gerold kill on the docks in a rage?

4. Who attacks the church during Joan's wedding?

5. Why does Richild arrange a marriage for Joan?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Gudrun, Joan's mother, feel about the things Aesculapius is teaching her daughter?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does her friendship with Gerold continue Joan's education?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Joan's argument with Odo in regards to the inferiority of women. Why does Joan enter into this argument? What does Joan hope to prove with her argument? Why does Odo argue with Joan? What is his attitude toward Joan? How does Joan win this argument? What does this say about Joan's intelligence? How does this argument set the tone for Joan's stay at the school? Does this argument make Odo an enemy for Joan?

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 the political atmosphere in the time after the death of the Emperor. Who is to take over the government after the Emperor's death? Why is there a dispute over the Emperor's position? Which side does Gerold choose? What happens during the battle? How does this battle reflect the chaos common to this time period? Who will eventually rise to power after this battle? How will that affect the lives of the characters in this novel?

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