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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the third thing that Robert gives Joan in Scene 1?
2. In Scene1, Robert is taken in by Joan's what?
3. In Scene 1, whose voices does Joan claim to hear?
4. How is Joan associated with Robert de Baudricourt in Scene 1?
5. Where is the French army located in the beginning of Scene 3?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Scene 4, another man joins the conversation between the nobleman and the chaplain. Who is he and what are his beliefs about and intentions for Joan?
2. Is the fact that Joan is a woman an asset or liability to her cause?
3. Joan is now in command with the leaders of the French army. This newly acquired access to leaders is evidence of what?
4. What has happened to Joan in the beginning of Scene 6?
5. Why do you think the English officials were quick to label Joan a witch in Scene 4?
6. In Scene 3, the attitude toward Joan and her supposed powers is variable. How do the men in the castles feel about Joan? How do the men in the trenches with Joan feel about her?
7. What happens to the Dauphin at the beginning of Scene 5, and who is responsible for it?
8. How do the new king and his advisers feel about Joan and her desire to continue in battle after her success at Orleans?
9. In Scene 2, after the Dauphin dismisses his advisers from the room and consults with Joan alone, what major decision does he make?
10. What is Joan's first reaction to the church officials' demands for her to recant at her trial?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Catholic church is well represented in this play, including the Archbishop of Rheims and various bishops, clergymen, and officials. Given the skepticism these men show when exposed to Joan's mission/cause, would it be fair to say that these men weren't strong in their faith? Though the Archbishop of Rheims comes to respect and believe in Joan, why wouldn't he give her the benefit of the doubt from the beginning?
Essay Topic 2
An ongoing theme throughout the play is feminism. Joan's role as a woman in Medieval France would rarely, if ever, have her participating in battle, let alone leading the troops. Do you think that Joan's supernatural powers and visions were a necessary component of her mission for her to be accepted and installed as a military leader? Or, do you think she would have been given the same respect as just a woman? Why? Joan obviously has no problem approaching high powered men. How does this add to the feminist theme?
Essay Topic 3
The Hundred Years' War lasted 116 years and was really a number of wars between England and France between 1337 and 1453. The Battle of Orleans was pivotal in turning the tide in favor of the French forces. Joan and the French army would go on to win a series of skirmishes and battles against the English and pave the way for the coronation of the Dauphin as King Charles VII. How are the events that take place in Scene 3 when Joan, Dunois, and the French army are stalled at the Loire River symbolic of these events?
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