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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Jeanine changing jobs?
(a) She is having a mid-life crisis.
(b) She is tired of her current job.
(c) She was laid-off.
(d) She is changing careers.

2. Where was the journey that Gret describes?
(a) Through Japan..
(b) Into hell.
(c) Into the Black Forest
(d) Across Europe.

3. Who was Joan's lover?
(a) One of her brother's friends.
(b) One of the officials in her household.
(c) One of her distant cousins.
(d) One of her fellow cardinals.

4. What is the perk of the job Marlene mentions to Jeanine that has less pay?
(a) It provides excellent health benefits.
(b) It has good prospects.
(c) It is located very close to Jeanine's home.
(d) It provides employees with lunch every day.

5. According to Joan, what is a greater sin than a Pope giving birth?
(a) Never having children at all.
(b) Having a secret lover.
(c) Making a poor example of female popes.
(d) Aborting a baby.

6. Where does Act 2, Scene 1 take place?
(a) The restaurant.
(b) Top Girls.
(c) Jeanine's home.
(d) Marlene's home.

7. What was Walter's secret?
(a) He raised their children in secret.
(b) He had a second family with another woman.
(c) He kept another lover.
(d) He was not as rich as people thought he was.

8. How does Act 2, Scene 1 end?
(a) With a pep talk from Jeanine.
(b) With a pep talk from Marlene.
(c) With an argument between Jeanine and Marlene.
(d) With a reconciliation between Jeanine and Marlene.

9. Because of her skills, Jeanine:
(a) Cannot be picky.
(b) Can have any job she wants.
(c) Intimidates people.
(d) Has had seveal job offers this week.

10. What was Nijo's previous occupation?
(a) Courtesan.
(b) Missionary.
(c) Seamstress.
(d) High-ranking Buddhist monk.

11. What religion is Nijo?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Muslim.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Buddhist.

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

13. How does Angie feel about her aunt?
(a) She worships her.
(b) She does not trust her.
(c) She is bored by her.
(d) She has no respect for her.

14. When Joan went into labor, what did she think was happening?
(a) Fainting spells.
(b) Divine intervention.
(c) Indigestion.
(d) Menstration.

15. According to Joan, what the pope says is:
(a) Sometimes confusing.
(b) Often a lie.
(c) Rarely spiritual.
(d) The truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Kit and Angie planning to go while in the front yard?

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

3. How many job interviews does Marlene come up with for Jeanine?

4. What happened to Nijo's child?

5. How does Nijo relate to Gret?

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