Multiple choice

Directions: Choose a suitable option to fill in the blank:

After Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians and surrendered to the English, ______ as a heretic in Rouen.

  1. they were burned at the stake

  2. he was burned at the stake

  3. it was burned at the stake

  4. she was burned at the stake
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Joan of Arc is referred to with the feminine pronoun 'she' because she was a woman. The sentence structure requires a subject pronoun to complete the passive voice construction 'was burned at the stake'.

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