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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. Which topic of conversation is not mentioned in the beginning of the play?
(a) The women's fathers.
(b) Damnation, good works, and going to church.
(c) The women's schooling.
(d) The women's ability to swim.

2. What is wrong with Angie's dress in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) It is the wrong color.
(b) It is too large.
(c) It is out of style.
(d) It is too small.

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

4. Which character seems to travel the most?
(a) Marlene.
(b) Isabella.
(c) Hennie.
(d) Pope Joan.

5. What does Kit want to be when she grows up?
(a) A mother.
(b) A career woman.
(c) A movie star.
(d) A nuclear physicist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Act 1, Part 1 take place?

2. Which character sometimes dressed as a man?

3. What was one of the Emperor's rituals?

4. According to Joan, what the pope says is:

5. What activity did Isabella put her life's energy into?

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence from the play further supports Marlene's stated admiration of Margaret Thatcher?

2. How is Angie's presence in Act 2, Scene 3, Part 2 Churchill's reminder of Marlene's determination to succeed?

3. Why might Joan have taken a lover when she was Pope?

4. Why does Marlene harp so much on the fact that she left her unpleasant past life behind?

5. Why does Marlene become overwrought and have to leave the room when the conversation topic turns to the women's lovers?

6. Why might Joyce have been so short with Marlene on her visit?

7. What is Joyce's attitude toward and about Angie in Act 2, Scene 2?

8. Why might Churchill have written the character of Griselda as arriving late? What might it symbolize?

9. Explain the bullying going on in Act 2, Scene 2.

10. How is Marlene's coworker Win a reflection on her own character?

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