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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. Who is the Dauphin's military adviser?
2. In Scene 2, what does the Dauphin bestow upon Joan?
3. What is the only power that the Dauphin has remaining in Scene 2?
4. In Scene 3, what is the goal of the French army?
5. To what location does Joan accompany the French leader in Scene 3?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the Epilogue, what does King Charles find out about Joan and how long is it after Joan's execution?
2. What is Joan's response to the church officials' threats of torture if she doesn't sign the paper admitting heresy in Scene 6?
3. In Scene 5, what do Joan's colleagues tell her about in order to dissuade her from continuing war against the English?
4. How does Joan react to the advice given by her colleagues in Scene 5?
5. In Scene 3, the attitude toward Joan and her supposed powers is variable. How do the men in the castles feel about Joan? How do the men in the trenches with Joan feel about her?
6. What is Joan anxious to do in Scene 3? Who stops her, and why?
7. How does Joan react to the powerful men kneeling at her feet in the king's dream?
8. How do Joan's colleagues feel about her final decision to liberate Paris?
9. How do the church officials in Joan's trial respond to her reply to the additional charges brought against her?
10. After her victory at Orleans, what are Joan's intentions outlined in Scene 5?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The king's dream in the Epilogue is an anachronistic dramatization intending to bring the play to a satisfactory resolution. What is the significance of the king's dream? Why would the king dream of a man from the 1920s? What does this man symbolize? Why would the men who excommunicated and executed Joan be in the dream? Why would the dream be more about these men than Joan? How does Shaw ensure that the reader is given a "happy" ending?
Essay Topic 2
The Catholic church is well represented in this play, including the Archbishop of Rheims and various bishops, clergymen, and officials. Given the skepticism these men show when exposed to Joan's mission/cause, would it be fair to say that these men weren't strong in their faith? Though the Archbishop of Rheims comes to respect and believe in Joan, why wouldn't he give her the benefit of the doubt from the beginning?
Essay Topic 3
Once the Dauphin turns control of the French army over to Joan, the high-ranking officials of his court are called into the room and informed of the decision. What happens when these men are basically commanded to follow a young girl into battle? Does this validate Joan's new authority, or do you think it is a show for the Dauphin? Why? What does Joan do after the men fall to their knees? What does this symbolize?
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