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