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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the church officials in Scene 6 want Joan to do to acknowledge her guilt?
(a) Sign papers.
(b) Make a public apology.
(c) Enter a nunnery.
(d) Accept excommunication.

2. Why is Joan warned about sinning in Scene 5?
(a) She delineates her military successes for her audience.
(b) She continuously follows one of the French commanders.
(c) She refuses to get out of bed.
(d) She overeats at the banquet.

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

4. What is the fear created for the English by Joan aligning herself as an individual with the French King?
(a) That women might become powerful citizens.
(b) That individual citizens could be strengthened at the expense of the feudal system.
(c) That individual citizens might begin to band together in her support.
(d) That the church might lose its power over the French monarchy.

5. What has led to the ceremony at the cathedral in Scene 5?
(a) Joan's visions and success convinced the Dauphin to become a Christian.
(b) The Dauphin's arranged engagement to a Spanish princess.
(c) The miraculous birth of the Dauphin's first born son.
(d) Joan's intervention and military success.

6. The bishop thinks that Joan poses a threat to what?
(a) The English army.
(b) The Catholic Church.
(c) The French army.
(d) Herself.

7. With whom is Joan carrying on a discussion in Scene 5 while in the cathedral?
(a) The Archbishop.
(b) The Dauphin.
(c) Dunois.
(d) Robert de Baudricourt.

8. Joan is single-minded about ____________ once she has been successful at the Battle of Orleans.
(a) Her eagerness to get home.
(b) Her relationship with God.
(c) Her pursuit of war.
(d) Her purpose in life.

9. In Scene 4, what are the nobleman and the chaplain bemoaning?
(a) The uncomfortable living conditions at the camp.
(b) The French spies and their ability to gain access to the English encampment.
(c) The English army's continuing list of battles lost to the French.
(d) The lack of space in the encampment.

10. Two members of the English army camp are discussing Joan. What do they think she is?
(a) A con artist.
(b) A demon.
(c) A saint.
(d) A witch.

11. What is the name of the new King of France in Scene 5?
(a) Phillip.
(b) Henri.
(c) Charles.
(d) Richard.

12. Who are the Englishmen who are discussing Joan in Scene 4?
(a) The King of England and the English commander.
(b) Two calvary officers.
(c) A nobleman and a chaplain.
(d) The English commander and his second-in-command.

13. Where in the cathedral do Joan and the officer have their conversation?
(a) In the reliquary.
(b) In the gardens.
(c) At the altar.
(d) In the vestibule.

14. In Scene 4, where are the two men who are discussing Joan?
(a) In a castle in the Loire valley.
(b) In an English army camp.
(c) In the midst of a battlefield.
(d) In a French army camp.

15. What nationality is the person leading the French army?
(a) Dutch.
(b) Spanish.
(c) English.
(d) French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Joan's suggestion to the king and his advisers in Scene 5?

2. In Scene 5, why does Joan want to go to Paris?

3. In Scene 5, what is one of the emotions felt by Joan's colleagues when she makes her final decision about the battle in Paris?

4. Why do the nobleman and the chaplain believe that Joan should be burned?

5. In Scene 6, what do the church officials threaten Joan with when she refuses to recant?

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