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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. Why does Joan refuse to run away with Gerold in Chapter 27?

2. What is the new pope's first project upon taking office?

3. Who disapproves of the new Pope's progressive thinking?

4. Where does Joan spend a great deal of her time in Rome assisting?

5. Who captures Benedict on the road to Rome?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What causes Joan's death?

5. Why does Pope Leo excommunicate Anastasius?

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

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

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

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

10. Why is Cardinal Leo elected Pope over Anastasius?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 did Joan cut her hair and take her brother's cloak after the massacre on her wedding day? Where does Joan go? Why? What education does Joan receive in this new place? How does this situation place Joan in trouble? What might happen if Joan were discovered? Who eventually does discover the truth? What does this person do? Who else knows the truth about Joan? Why does no one ever learn the truth about Joan? How likely is it that a woman could live in this way for so many years and deceive so many people? How does the author explain this deceit to the reader?

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