Quiz on Joan of Arc

Which country did Joan of Arc fight to defend?

• France ✓ (Correct answer)
• England
• Germany
• Spain

Source: Joan rallied French forces against English occupation during a decades-long struggle for the throne.

How was Joan of Arc executed?

• Burned at the stake ✓ (Correct answer)
• Beheaded
• Killed in battle
• Hanged

Source: The flames consumed her in a Rouen marketplace before a hostile, English-backed crowd.

Joan claimed she was guided into battle by what?

• Voices of saints ✓ (Correct answer)
• Royal advisors
• Ancient prophecies
• Battlefield generals

Source: A teenage peasant said heavenly voices told her to save France, and the court believed her.

How does the Catholic Church recognize Joan of Arc today?

• A prophet
• A blessed nun
• A martyr only
• A saint ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: The girl her enemies burned as a heretic is now an official saint of the same Church.

What did Joan controversially wear during her campaigns?

• Men's armor ✓ (Correct answer)
• A nun's habit
• Royal robes
• Peasant dress

Source: Dressing as a soldier was used against her as evidence at trial.

Joan of Arc was a key figure in which prolonged conflict?

• The Crusades
• The Thirty Years' War
• The Hundred Years' War ✓ (Correct answer)
• The Napoleonic Wars

Source: The war actually dragged on for 116 years, so the famous name undersells it.

Which besieged French city did Joan famously help liberate?

• Paris
• Orléans ✓ (Correct answer)
• Bordeaux
• Lyon

Source: The siege was broken in just nine days, turning the war's momentum overnight.

Joan of Arc came from a family of what background?

• Minor nobility
• Peasant farmers ✓ (Correct answer)
• Wealthy merchants
• Parish clergy

Source: No noble blood here: France's great heroine grew up tending a farm.

Joan helped which French heir get crowned king?

• Charles VI
• Charles VII ✓ (Correct answer)
• Louis XI
• Philip III

Source: Before Joan he was a doubted, uncrowned dauphin; her victories put a crown on his head.

What was Joan of Arc primarily convicted of?

• Treason
• Witchcraft
• Heresy ✓ (Correct answer)
• Murder

Source: Despite the witch legend, the official charge was religious heresy, not sorcery.

About how old was Joan of Arc when she died?

• About 16
• About 24
• About 30
• About 19 ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: Her entire world-changing campaign happened before she turned twenty.

About 25 years after her death, a new trial declared Joan what?

• Innocent ✓ (Correct answer)
• Crowned posthumously
• A noblewoman
• Forgotten entirely

Source: A retrial overturned the verdict and cleared her name, long before she became a saint.

In which cathedral was the king crowned with Joan present?

• Notre-Dame de Paris
• Chartres
• Reims ✓ (Correct answer)
• Amiens

Source: French kings were traditionally crowned there, which is exactly why Joan pushed to reach it.

Which English king's forces did Joan fight against?

• Edward III
• Henry V
• Henry VI ✓ (Correct answer)
• Richard III

Source: He was a child king claiming both England and France, which is what Joan set out to undo.

Which group captured Joan before handing her to the English?

• The Spanish
• The Bretons
• The Normans
• The Burgundians ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: Fellow Frenchmen allied to England seized her and sold her for a ransom.

What did Joan prefer to carry into battle over a weapon?

• A white banner ✓ (Correct answer)
• A flaming torch
• A golden cross
• A battle horn

Source: She said she loved her banner forty times more than her sword.

Which saints did Joan say spoke to her?

• Peter, Paul, John
• Michael, Catherine, Margaret ✓ (Correct answer)
• Mary, Anne, Elizabeth
• George, Denis, Martin

Source: An archangel and two virgin-martyrs were her self-described heavenly council.

What did the English do with Joan's remains after the burning?

• Buried them in Rouen
• Sent them to England
• Scattered them at Orléans
• Threw them in the Seine ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: They dumped her ashes in the river to stop anyone collecting relics of a future saint.

After Orléans, Joan led the French to a crushing victory at which battle?

• Agincourt
• Patay ✓ (Correct answer)
• Crécy
• Poitiers

Source: It was the French revenge for Agincourt, a rout that shattered the English army.

Legend says Joan found which item hidden behind a church altar?

• A shield
• A lance
• A sword ✓ (Correct answer)
• A crown

Source: She reportedly described a buried sword she'd never seen, and it was found exactly as she said.