Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc - Quiz
  • 1. In what year was 'Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc' first published as a serialization?
A) 1900
B) 1894
C) 1895
D) 1896
  • 2. Who is the fictionalized version of Joan of Arc's page in 'Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc'?
A) Mark Twain
B) Jean Francois Alden
C) Sieur Louis de Conte
D) Samuel Langhorne Clemens
  • 3. How many sections is the novel divided into, according to Joan of Arc's development?
A) Three
B) Five
C) Four
D) Two
  • 4. What was Twain's request regarding how each installment of the serialization should appear in Harper's Magazine?
A) With his name
B) Signed by Jean Francois Alden
C) Under a pseudonym other than Mark Twain
D) Anonymously
  • 5. What role does Sieur Louis de Conte serve in the novel?
A) Translator
B) Editor
C) First-person narrator
D) Historian
  • 6. Where was Sieur Louis de Conte born?
A) Domrémy, France
B) Paris, France
C) Rouen, France
D) Neufchâteau, France
  • 7. At what age did Joan of Arc leave the village to request control of the army from the king?
A) Eighteen
B) Fifteen
C) Sixteen
D) Seventeen
  • 8. What was Joan's reward request after Charles' coronation?
A) Control over the French army
B) Remission of taxes on Domrémy
C) A title of nobility
D) Land in Paris
  • 9. How long were Joan d’Arc's imprisonment and trial at Marguy?
A) Five and a half months for imprisonment, three months for trial
B) Three months for imprisonment, two months for trial
C) Two months for imprisonment, one month for trial
D) Six months for imprisonment, four months for trial
  • 10. What did Joan unknowingly sign that bound her to resume male clothing?
A) A peace treaty with the Burgundians
B) An agreement to leave France
C) A document confessing herself a sorceress and a dealer with devils
D) A letter of allegiance to the English
  • 11. What did Twain base Joan of Arc's physical appearance on?
A) His daughter Susy Clemens at age 17
B) A sculpture in a French museum
C) An artist's interpretation
D) A historical painting
  • 12. Which historian notes Twain's personal fascination with Joan of Arc?
A) Ted Gioia
B) G. B. Shaw
C) Andrew Lang
D) Bernard DeVoto
  • 13. What did Twain claim about the effort he put into writing 'Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc'?
A) It was a spontaneous project with minimal research
B) He wrote it as a light-hearted endeavor
C) It cost him more thinking and planning than any other book
D) It was written quickly without much thought
  • 14. What did Twain use for the majority of his information about Joan of Arc?
A) Personal letters from Joan of Arc
B) Contemporary newspaper articles
C) Jules Michelet's Histoire de France and Jules Quicherat's Proces
D) Interviews with surviving witnesses
  • 15. How did Twain's daughter Clara Clemens describe the language used in 'Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc'?
A) Humor and wit
B) Sarcasm and irony
C) Pathos, not flippancy
D) Dry and factual
  • 16. Which critic accused Twain of being 'infatuated' with Joan of Arc?
A) G. B. Shaw
B) Bernard DeVoto
C) Andrew Lang
D) Maxwell Geismar
  • 17. What was Bernard DeVoto's opinion about 'Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc'?
A) He called it 'mawkish'
B) He found it historically inaccurate
C) He praised its humor
D) He considered it Twain's best work
  • 18. What did Susan Harris find puzzling about this work?
A) The comedic elements
B) Its placement in Twain's body of works given his views
C) The detailed historical accuracy
D) The lack of character development
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