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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the cause of the lack of eggs for Robert's breakfast in Scene 1?
(a) Maid Joan's presence.
(b) The eggs were stepped on.
(c) The hens are diseased.
(d) A fox killed the hens.

2. In Scene 2, what does Joan ask God for?
(a) Peace.
(b) Victory.
(c) Power.
(d) Rain.

3. Why does the French commander not allow Joan to move forward to attack?
(a) Because of unfavorable wind conditions.
(b) Because he thinks Joan doesn't have any idea what she is doing.
(c) Because he will not allow a woman to lead his army.
(d) Because the English army is too powerful.

4. What does the French commander want his troops to attack?
(a) The English reserves.
(b) The English castle.
(c) Ships.
(d) Calvary.

5. To whom does the Dauphin owe a financial debt?
(a) Joan.
(b) The king of England.
(c) The powerful men who surround him.
(d) Robert de Baudricourt.

6. What is the name of the castle in which the play opens?
(a) Chambord.
(b) Château d' Azay-le-Rideau.
(c) Valençay.
(d) Vaucouleurs.

7. What is Joan anxious to do in Scene 3?
(a) Attack the close enemy.
(b) Find food for the troops.
(c) Retreat.
(d) Take over control of the army from the French commander.

8. In Scene 3, what is the goal of the French army?
(a) To defeat the English army.
(b) To swim across the river.
(c) To find a way to obtain food for their starving troops.
(d) To come up with a new formation to fool the English army.

9. In Scene 3 when the men in the castle discuss Joan, what do they do?
(a) They debate her connection to God.
(b) They praise her strength.
(c) They debate her authenticity.
(d) They doubt her faith.

10. What is distressing the commander of the French army in the beginning of Scene 3?
(a) Joan's orders.
(b) The death of his wife.
(c) His children are ill and he cannot return home.
(d) His bad fortune.

11. Who lives in the castle mentioned in Scene 1?
(a) A military officer.
(b) The Dauphin.
(c) The King of England.
(d) The castle is abandoned.

12. Who informs Robert of the hens' recovery in Scene 1?
(a) His steward.
(b) Joan.
(c) His wife.
(d) A disembodied voice.

13. In Scene 1, what does Robert think about Joan's assertion that she hears voices?
(a) He thinks it is exciting.
(b) He thinks nothing of it.
(c) He thinks it is preposterous.
(d) He thinks it is miraculous.

14. In Scene1, Robert is taken in by Joan's what?
(a) Persistence.
(b) Athleticism.
(c) Eloquence.
(d) Beauty.

15. What is the French commander doing in the beginning of Scene 3?
(a) Speaking with his second-in-command.
(b) Eating.
(c) Planning strategy.
(d) Lamenting.

Short Answer Questions

1. There is an officer in Scene 2 nicknamed "Bluebeard." Why is that his nickname?

2. What is the third thing that Robert gives Joan in Scene 1?

3. After Joan speaks with the Dauphin and his advisers in Scene 2, what does the Dauphin do?

4. Who is the leader that Joan hopes to influence in Scene 1?

5. In Scene 2, what do the men do when Joan raises her sword?

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