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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. Who denounced Lothar only to be proven a liar in order to be appointed Pope upon Pope Sergius' death?

2. How does Joan attempt to treat her condition?

3. To where does the fire spread, placing innocent lives in danger?

4. What law does Anastasius invoke at Gerold's trial in Chapter 29?

5. What courtesan does Joan see during the procession to whom she offers forgiveness for her role in a plot against Joan?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who is working behind the new Pope, Pope Sergius, in order to increase his own power?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does jealousy lead to Gerold's death? Why is Gerold targeted and murdered? How does this lead to Joan's downfall? Does the person behind this plot get what he wanted? How does this person cause the disappearance of Joan from the history books? Where does Joan die? What causes her death? How does the author use Joan's death in this place to prove to the reader that Joan really existed?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Why is Hrotrud forced to drown? What does this punishment say about religious beliefs in this time period? Why does Joan feel this punishment is illogical? Is Joan right? Why is Joan excited by the idea of applying logic to religion? Why has no one else ever attempted to apply logic to religion? Is it heretical to apply logic to religion? Is Joan religious? Does Joan believe in the Catholic Church? How does the reader come to understand Joan's feelings about her religion?

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