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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. Which character seems to travel the most?
(a) Isabella.
(b) Hennie.
(c) Marlene.
(d) Pope Joan.

2. Which character thinks that good works are most important?
(a) Nijo.
(b) Marlene.
(c) Isabella.
(d) Pope Joan.

3. What part of Joan's education was missing?
(a) Information about conducting official ceremonies.
(b) Information about raising children.
(c) Information about how to be a pope.
(d) Information about how a woman's body functions.

4. Which character does not have a dead lover?
(a) Joyce.
(b) Pope Joan.
(c) Nijo.
(d) Marlene.

5. What was Nijo's first child?
(a) Twins: a girl and a boy.
(b) She never knew.
(c) A girl.
(d) A boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Joan, what is a greater sin than a Pope giving birth?

2. Which topic of conversation is not mentioned in the beginning of the play?

3. Who is the main storyteller of Act 1, Part 2?

4. What part of the meal have the women been served by the end of Act 1, Part 1?

5. Which character sometimes dressed as a man?

(see the answer key)

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