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This test consists of 5 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) Accept excommunication.
(b) Enter a nunnery.
(c) Make a public apology.
(d) Sign papers.

2. What is Joan's suggestion to the king and his advisers in Scene 5?
(a) That they continue in war.
(b) That they trust her in all matters of state.
(c) That they make her queen.
(d) That they ally with Italy in a war against England.

3. What do the Englishmen intend to do to Joan once she is captured?
(a) Hang her.
(b) Canonize her.
(c) Burn her.
(d) Make her Queen of France.

4. In Scene 6, what do the church officials threaten Joan with when she refuses to recant?
(a) Put her in front of a firing squad.
(b) Torture her.
(c) Turn her over to the prisoners for whatever purpose those men see fit.
(d) Throw her into a pit of snakes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Joan when she refuses to admit guilt in Scene 6?

2. Joan's demeanor during the trial is what?

3. Why is Joan warned about sinning in Scene 5?

4. What kind of actions does Dunois say the attempts for Paris are?

5. In Scene 5, the French advisers give Joan an example of what happened to one young girl who stood up for her cause. Where was this woman?

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