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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joan plan to do in Scene 5 now that she has returned victorious from the Siege at Orleans?
(a) To quietly fade into the background.
(b) To continue with the war.
(c) To return to the pastoral life she knew before going into battle.
(d) To convince the palace to make her queen.

2. What did Joan alter through her military conquests?
(a) English attitudes toward women.
(b) The French landscape.
(c) Church dogma.
(d) The course of history for France.

3. Who joins the discussion the two men in the English camp are having about Joan in Scene 4?
(a) The Dauphin.
(b) A bishop.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A French spy.

4. Where is Joan imprisoned?
(a) In an oubliette.
(b) The Rouen castle.
(c) Buckingham palace.
(d) In a crude jail outside of Paris.

5. What happens to one young woman who stands up for Joan's cause?
(a) She was excommunicated from the Catholic Church.
(b) She was burned at the stake.
(c) She was thrown in jail.
(d) She was beheaded.

6. In what year does Scene 6 open?
(a) 1433.
(b) 1492.
(c) 1453.
(d) 1431.

7. What are church officials willing to do if Joan does not submit to their demands during trial?
(a) Continue the trial until she does submit.
(b) Hand her over to secular authorities.
(c) Torture her until she begs forgiveness.
(d) Damn her soul to hell.

8. The Dauphin goes through a ceremony in Scene 5. What is that ceremony?
(a) He is crowned King of France.
(b) His wedding to a Spanish princess.
(c) His baptism into Christianity.
(d) The baptism of his first born son.

9. To whom is Joan sold in Scene 6?
(a) The Dauphin.
(b) The Spanish.
(c) The Catholic Church.
(d) The English.

10. Joan discusses ___________ with a military officer while in the cathedral.
(a) Their success in battle.
(b) The Dauphin's ceremony.
(c) Their upcoming nuptials.
(d) The future.

11. What do the Englishmen intend to do to Joan once she is captured?
(a) Burn her.
(b) Canonize her.
(c) Hang her.
(d) Make her Queen of France.

12. In Scene 4, the bishop holds out hope for ____________.
(a) The chance to burn Joan as a witch.
(b) An English victory.
(c) The salvation of Joan's soul.
(d) A decent meal and a glass of fine wine.

13. What do the church officials in Scene 6 want Joan to do to acknowledge her guilt?
(a) Make a public apology.
(b) Accept excommunication.
(c) Enter a nunnery.
(d) Sign papers.

14. Two members of the English army camp are discussing Joan. What do they think she is?
(a) A saint.
(b) A demon.
(c) A witch.
(d) A con artist.

15. In Scene 6, what occurs before Joan is brought into the courtroom?
(a) The courtroom fills with spectators.
(b) The noblemen and church officials debate.
(c) Joan's supposed crimes are announced to the assemblage.
(d) Joan is whipped and dressed in rags.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scene 4, where are the two men who are discussing Joan?

2. Where in the cathedral do Joan and the officer have their conversation?

3. What do the officials in Scene 6 discuss before Joan is brought into the courtroom?

4. What happens to Joan when she refuses to admit guilt in Scene 6?

5. How do the new king and his advisers feel about Joan in Scene 5?

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