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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what crime is Gerold put on trial in Chapter 29?
(a) An alliace with the Germans to end Frankish domination.
(b) Treason.
(c) Heresy.
(d) An alliance with Greece to end Frankish domination.

2. What accomplice to the poisoners is found dead in the river?
(a) Arsenius.
(b) Gerold.
(c) Waldipert.
(d) Benedict.

3. What disaster hits the Martius area that forces Gerold and Joan to go there in order to save the poor?
(a) Earthquake.
(b) Plague.
(c) Flood.
(d) Tsunami.

4. Who is elected Pope after Leo's death?
(a) Joan.
(b) Anastasius.
(c) Arsenius.
(d) Waldipert.

5. Who denounced Lothar only to be proven a liar in order to be appointed Pope upon Pope Sergius' death?
(a) Claudius.
(b) Anastasius.
(c) Joan.
(d) Leo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Joan give the Pope when they learn a fleet of Saracen ships is on its way to Rome?

2. To what position does the new Pope promote Joan?

3. What illness befalls the Pope in Chapter 19?

4. Where does Joan spend a great deal of her time in Rome assisting?

5. What is the cause of Joan's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Joan finally agree to run away with Gerold?

2. Who is working behind the new Pope, Pope Sergius, in order to increase his own power?

3. Why is Joan arrested? What is her punishment?

4. Who does Gerold support in the battle between the dead Emperor's three sons?

5. Who arrests Benedict? What punishment does he suffer?

6. Why is Cardinal Leo elected Pope over Anastasius?

7. What project does Joan immediately give to Gerold to oversee as she becomes Pope?

8. What warning does Joan give Pope Sergius in the face of the Saracen attack that he does not heed?

9. Who begins to plot against Pope Joan because of her ideas?

10. Why does Pope Leo excommunicate Anastasius?

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