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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. Which one person knew Joan's true self?

3. For what reason does Joan admire this saint?

4. How does Joan see her love for Gerold now that time has passed?

5. What changes to her body does Joan not like?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following parts of the setting in detail, citing examples from the novel:

1. Time period in which the novel takes place

2. The religious influence and power associated with the plot

3. The political influence and power associated with the plot.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the education of women in relationship to the setting of the novel. Why is it unusual for a woman to be educated? Why does Joan seek to be educated? What might have been Joan's future had she not been educated? Why did Joan not want this future? Who does Joan meet that allows her to be sent to school with John? Why does John resent Joan's intelligence and desire to be educated? How does this affect their relationship? How does her desire to be tutored by a Greek scholar affect Joan's relationship with her Saxon mother?

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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