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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 punishment does Benedict receive for his crime?

2. How does Joan save Gerold during his trial?

3. What kind of a leader is Pope Leo?

4. To whom does Joan overhear Anastasius pledge loyalty?

5. Who does Joan believe might be responsible for the destruction of the Saracens due to divine presence?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Pope Leo excommunicate Anastasius?

4. Why is Cardinal Leo elected Pope over Anastasius?

5. What causes Joan's death?

6. What project does Joan immediately give to Gerold to oversee as she becomes Pope?

7. To what office does Anastasius aspire? For what reason?

8. What does Joan encourage Pope Sergius to do that makes Benedict unhappy?

9. How does Pope Leo die? Who is elected to take his place?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Joan's childhood, paying special attention to the things that affected her choices in young adulthood. Who is Joan? Who was her father? Who was her mother? What was the relationship like between Joan's parents? What impact did this relationship have Joan's emotional growth as a child? How did Joan's father treat her? Why? How was Joan's relationship with her mother? What was unusual about this relationship?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the following objects and their significance to the characters and plot development within the novel:

1. The hydraulic machine

2. St. Catherine medal

3. Joan's book by Homer.

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