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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four/Twenty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What keeps Katherine from going to Bolingbroke sooner?
(a) She can't make up her mind if she really likes Blanche
(b) Violent rainstorms ruin the road to Bolingbroke
(c) A robber stole her horse and Hugh won't give her another one
(d) She has to wait until she can wean Thomas off her

2. Why does the duke insist on seeing Katherine before remarrying?
(a) He wants to see if he's over her
(b) He wants her opinion of his wedding attire
(c) He wants her permission to marry a queen
(d) He wants to know if, because Katherine was close to Blanche, she thinks Blanche would approve of the union

3. Who is John interested in marrying?
(a) Elizabeth, Queen of England
(b) Costanza, Queen of Castile
(c) Alice Walker
(d) Alice Perrers

4. Why does Katherine find Philippa's letter so upsetting?
(a) Philippa preaches to her about childbearing
(b) Philippa assumes that Katherine is living in great comfort and luxury
(c) Philippa says Katherine is a bad person who deserves an equally bad husband
(d) Philippa refuses to visit her

5. In addition to dystentery, what else plagues Hugh?
(a) Impotence
(b) Strange shaking
(c) Strange nightmarish visions
(d) Migraine headaches

Short Answer Questions

1. The meeting of the House of Commons yields several major accusations. The King's chamberlain, Lord Latimer, is accused of:

2. In Parliament, the king seems to be interested only in:

3. John has a dream in which he "felt the touch of the sacred oil as the archbishop anointed him and he had felt, vivid as in waking, the holy pressure" of a certain country's crown. What country's crown?

4. How does Nirac describe Costanza's appearance?

5. Why is Hugh confident he'll return by May?

(see the answer key)

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