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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 medical condition does Joan learn she has after the flood?

2. Where is Joan sent by the missus?

3. Who takes advantage of the Pope's illness by exerting his power beyond the limits of his position as missus?

4. How does Joan save Gerold during his trial?

5. Who is traveling with Lothar's army?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joan prove Gerold innocent during his trial for treason?

2. Why does Joan finally agree to run away with Gerold?

3. Who arrests Benedict? What punishment does he suffer?

4. Who begins to plot against Pope Joan because of her ideas?

5. Who is referred to as 'Little Pope' under Pope Leo? Why?

6. What truth does Joan learn when she sees Gerold again? How does Joan react to Gerold's request to run away?

7. Why does Benedict abandon his brother and leave Rome?

8. Why is Joan arrested? What is her punishment?

9. What miracle does Joan create in order to stop the fighting between Pope Sergius and Lothar?

10. Who starts the fire that burns the new wall Pope Leo is building and destroys several other buildings, including the school? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Gerold? How does Gerold win Joan's affections? How does Gerold's affections for Joan go against the teachings of the Catholic Church? Who tells Gerold's wife that Gerold and Joan are lovers? Is this true? What does Richild do to keep Joan away from Gerold? Why does the Bishop go along with Richild's plot against Joan? How does Richild get Joan to the church the day of the massacre? How does the massacre change Joan's life? Why does Gerold believe Joan has been taken away by the Norsemen? How does Gerold react to the loss of Joan and his entire family?

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