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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of Joan's request to the leader of her country in Scene 1?
(a) To make sure she is paid a fair wage for her duties.
(b) To drive the English out of France.
(c) To be able to find a rich husband.
(d) To bring peace to the kingdom.

2. In Scene 2, who joins the two men awaiting the Dauphin's arrival?
(a) Robert de Baudricourt.
(b) Bluebeard.
(c) Joan.
(d) The steward.

3. The play opens in what year?
(a) 1429.
(b) 1560.
(c) 1492.
(d) 1776.

4. To whom does the Dauphin owe a financial debt?
(a) Robert de Baudricourt.
(b) The king of England.
(c) The powerful men who surround him.
(d) Joan.

5. There is an officer in Scene 2 nicknamed "Bluebeard." Why is that his nickname?
(a) His beard is an odd shade of gray that looks bluish.
(b) His mother gave him that nickname as a baby.
(c) He dyes his facial hair blue.
(d) There is a rumor that he has killed his former wives and buried them in the basement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives in the castle mentioned in Scene 1?

2. In Scene 2, Joan receives scorn for what?

3. In Scene1, Robert is taken in by Joan's what?

4. How is Joan associated with Robert de Baudricourt in Scene 1?

5. What country is the setting for this play?

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