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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asks Joan to finish her story about giving birth?
(a) Isabella.
(b) Dull Gret.
(c) Marlene.
(d) Nijo.

2. Why are the women toasting Marlene?
(a) She has just completed her university degree.
(b) She has been named managing director at work.
(c) She has just become engaged to be married.
(d) She has just bought a house.

3. What did Joan hope to understand as Pope?
(a) Why men are in powerful positions.
(b) A deeper, spiritual truth.
(c) Intricacies of the Bible.
(d) The history of her religion's rituals.

4. Which character is not present in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Dull Gret.
(b) Marlene.
(c) Nijo.
(d) Hennie.

5. Who is the main storyteller of Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Pope Joan.
(b) Marlene.
(c) Nijo.
(d) Isabella.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the consequence of Joan's birth experience?

2. What do Nijo and Isabella's main shared experience?

3. Which character interrupts Joan several times during the telling of her story?

4. What was Joan doing when she went into labor?

5. Which character sometimes dressed as a man?

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