Q 01/05

Joan of Arc was born into what kind of family?

A) Servants

B) Merchants

C) Peasants

D) Soldiers

Answer · why

C) Peasants

Peasants, though far from the poorest in the village: her father also served as a local official, collecting taxes and heading the watch.

Q 02/05

In which village in north-east France was Joan of Arc born around 1412?

A) Domrémy

B) Vaucouleurs

C) Chinon

D) Compiègne

Answer · why

A) Domrémy

Domrémy. The village has since added her nickname to its own: it is now Domrémy-la-Pucelle, 'Domrémy of the Maid'.

Q 03/05

Which war between England and France was Joan of Arc born into?

A) The Wars of the Roses

B) The Hundred Years' War

C) The Thirty Years' War

D) The Seven Years' War

Answer · why

B) The Hundred Years' War

The Hundred Years' War. Despite its name it dragged on, with long truces, for 116 years, from 1337 to 1453, and was already in its eighth decade when ...

Q 04/05

What did Joan of Arc's mother, Isabelle Romée, spend her last years doing?

A) Living as a nun

B) Clearing Joan's name

C) Serving at court

D) Hiding from the English

Answer · why

B) Clearing Joan's name

Clearing Joan's name. Her appeals to the pope at last brought a retrial, and at its opening in Notre-Dame in Paris she pleaded in person for justice f...

Q 05/05

Where did two of Joan's brothers serve?

A) Her army

B) English ranks

C) A monastery

D) Burgundy

Answer · why

A) Her army

Her army. Jean and Pierre both fought alongside her, and when the king ennobled the whole family they took a new name, du Lys, from the lilies on its ...