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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the officials in Scene 6 discuss before Joan is brought into the courtroom?
(a) What Joan's punishment should be since they already know she will confess.
(b) Joan's crimes and what the consequences should be.
(c) The severity of Joan's crimes.
(d) How to effectively try the girl without prejudice.

2. What do the church officials want Joan to admit to in Scene 6?
(a) Treason.
(b) Sorcery.
(c) Sins against the king.
(d) Heresy.

3. In Scene 5, why is the king concerned about the lack of state funds?
(a) He cannot afford to pay the troops.
(b) He cannot give Joan the military support she needs when she travels to Paris.
(c) They would be unable to afford a wedding feast.
(d) If Joan goes to battle in Paris and gets captured, he would be unable to pay her ransom.

4. In Scene 4, Joan's individualism threatens what?
(a) The English army's hold over the French people.
(b) The church and state infrastructure.
(c) The male domination of the military.
(d) The weak bonds between the Dauphin and his advisers.

5. Joan's demeanor during the trial is what?
(a) Confrontational.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Fearful.
(d) Obstinate.

6. Where is Joan imprisoned?
(a) In a crude jail outside of Paris.
(b) In an oubliette.
(c) Buckingham palace.
(d) The Rouen castle.

7. Joan discusses ___________ with a military officer while in the cathedral.
(a) Their success in battle.
(b) The Dauphin's ceremony.
(c) Their upcoming nuptials.
(d) The future.

8. What happens to one young woman who stands up for Joan's cause?
(a) She was burned at the stake.
(b) She was excommunicated from the Catholic Church.
(c) She was thrown in jail.
(d) She was beheaded.

9. The Dauphin goes through a ceremony in Scene 5. What is that ceremony?
(a) The baptism of his first born son.
(b) His wedding to a Spanish princess.
(c) He is crowned King of France.
(d) His baptism into Christianity.

10. In the beginning of Scene 6, how long has Joan's trial lasted?
(a) Two days.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Eleven days.
(d) Eleven weeks.

11. What sin is Joan warned about giving in to in Scene 5?
(a) Sloth.
(b) Gluttony.
(c) Pride.
(d) Lust.

12. To whom is Joan sold in Scene 6?
(a) The Spanish.
(b) The Catholic Church.
(c) The English.
(d) The Dauphin.

13. Where does the ceremony take place in Scene 5?
(a) The cathedral at Champagne.
(b) The cathedral at Alsace.
(c) The cathedral at Rheims.
(d) In the royal palace.

14. What is Joan fixed on after the Battle of Orleans?
(a) Her plan to confront the King of England.
(b) Her plan to liberate Paris.
(c) Her plan to build her own church.
(d) Her plan to return home to her family.

15. Why does the king turn down Joan's request to go to Paris in Scene 5?
(a) He is tired of war.
(b) The state coffers are empty.
(c) He wants to make her queen.
(d) He wants her to go home to her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who joins the discussion the two men in the English camp are having about Joan in Scene 4?

2. How does Joan react to her colleagues' lack of enthusiasm for her plan to go to Paris in Scene 5?

3. What does Joan plan to do in Scene 5 now that she has returned victorious from the Siege at Orleans?

4. In Scene 6, what is one of the reasons Joan says that she dresses in men's clothing?

5. What do the Englishmen intend to do to Joan once she is captured?

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