Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

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

The subject is Joan of Arc, who is female. Therefore, the pronoun 'she' must be used in the following clause.

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