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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. Whose army arrives to save the people of Rome from the Saracens?

2. Who burns the project in an attempt to hurt the Pope's role in Rome?

3. Why is Joan released from the dungeon?

4. How do Joan's actions impede the power of the Pope's missus?

5. What conclusion does Joan reach when she comes to treat the Pope's illness in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who does Gerold support in the battle between the dead Emperor's three sons?

4. How do Gerold and Joan become stranded together in a boat?

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

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

7. What does Joan implement in order to help slow the spread of the plague during Church services?

8. What warning does Joan give Pope Sergius in the face of the Saracen attack that he does not heed?

9. Why does Pope Leo excommunicate Anastasius?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss these characters' relationships to one another and the impact of these relationships on other characters and the development of the plot. Use theme, symbolism, and metaphor in your discussion. Cite examples from the novel.

1. Joan and John

2. The Canon of Ingleheim and Gudrun

3. Matthew and Joan.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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