View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What worries Hawise about the affair between John and Katherine?
(a) That she will not have enough energy to look after the many children they plan to have
(b) That Katherine might take another lover
(c) That if something goes wrong, she will be in trouble
(d) That John will tire of Katherine

2. Why can't Katherine go home?
(a) Hugh has banned her from Kettlethorpe
(b) She doesn't have either enough money or an escort for the journey
(c) She isn't given her usual five escorts, just three
(d) She is sick with a bad cold

3. The Duke's pious daughter Philippa worries about her father's relationship with Katherine because:
(a) They live in sin
(b) She fears being beheaded for her father's sins
(c) It's not convenient for her
(d) It's embarrassing to her

4. Who does Katherine encounter on the ship to Bordeaux?
(a) Gueneviere, John's sister
(b) Isabel, John's sister
(c) A woman named Blanche with an uncanny resemblance to Katherine
(d) Isolda, John's mother

5. The Earl of March envies John, but thinks he has one strength and advantage that John does not:
(a) He is a better swordsman
(b) He is expecting children with several royal women
(c) The Earl is about to father a child who is closer to the throne than any of the Lancaster children
(d) He has fathered many bastard children

Short Answer Questions

1. Katherine goes to the Chapel to visit Blanches' body and finds the duke there. What does he tell her?

2. Whose husband leads the angry mob?

3. What does the local bishop call Katherine after meeting her?

4. Robin, playing the Lord of Misrule, shouts "Now shall each man kiss the lady of his heart!" He then kisses:

5. What does Geoffrey Chaucer feel about Katherine's relationship with John?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 350 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample