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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Katherine find at the duke's gatehouse that brands him a traitor?
(a) A ten-foot high cross, painted in black
(b) The Duke's shield, painted in red
(c) A four-foot high cross, painted red
(d) The duke's shield, turned upside down

2. Lady Julian helps Katherine realize and feel the real love of God. Katherine then surprises herself by returning to:
(a) The Pessoners' home
(b) Sheppey Priory
(c) Savoy
(d) Kettlethorpe

3. Who orders Katherine to Kennington?
(a) The King
(b) Princess Joan, John's sister and mother of Prince Richard
(c) The Duke
(d) Hawise

4. What initially saves Katherine and Blanchette from the mob when they break into the palace?
(a) Their dull grey clothing. It conceals who they are.
(b) Their plain faces without makeup. They are unrecognizable without color.
(c) Their fake cockney accents, which make them sound like peasants.
(d) Their big English hats. It conceals their faces.

5. What does Alice Perrers do immediately after the king dies?
(a) Poisons herself and climbs into his tomb
(b) Takes some of his jewelry and flees
(c) Goes insane and locks herself up in a tower
(d) Makes a pass at his brother

6. Katherine visits her beloved Blanche's tomb. In the tomb, she hears Blanche's voice and decides:
(a) To go to Scotland and talk to the duke
(b) To make a pilgrimmage to Our Lady Walsingham
(c) To make a pilgrimmage to Canterbury
(d) To leave everything and everyone and disappear without a trace

7. What announcement does Katherine make to John in the spring?
(a) She's pregnant
(b) She's giving him up and becoming a nun
(c) She's no longer in love with him
(d) She's ill and dying

8. Who does Katherine meet who helps her change her life around?
(a) Lady Julian
(b) Father Clement
(c) The King's squire
(d) Cob o'Fenton

9. What does Brother William say John Ball is now preaching to the serfs?
(a) They should join him in his chase after the duke in Scotland
(b) They want equal status and freedom with all men
(c) They should move to foreign countries and experience other cultures
(d) They should convert to Catholicism

10. Suddenly, Blanchette becomes ill for a month. Who looks after her during her illness?
(a) Ralph of Hastings and his mother
(b) Henry of Bolingbroke and his new bride
(c) Katherine and Brother William
(d) Katherine and Costanza

11. Who tries to help Katherine and Blanchette escape from the angry mobs?
(a) The Duke of Lancaster
(b) Brother William
(c) The Earl of March
(d) Princess Joan

12. Two years later the Duke of Lancaster dies after only how many years of being legitimately married to Katherine?
(a) Three
(b) Four
(c) Two
(d) One

13. What does Cob do to reawaken the unconscious Katherine?
(a) He slaps her a few times
(b) He rolls her into a nearby brook
(c) He waves ammonia under her nose
(d) He shakes her violently

14. Who is now the master at Kettlethorpe?
(a) Cob o'Fenton
(b) John Ball
(c) Hawise's husband Jack
(d) Robert Sutton

15. Whose life does Katherine save during the king's visit?
(a) Father Oswald
(b) Percy of Northumberland
(c) Cob o'Fenton, a loyal servant to the Swyndons
(d) Blanchette

Short Answer Questions

1. What controversial statement does John Wyclef make about the sacredness of Mass?

2. Katherine tries to get John to reveal the root of his fear. When he feels he can completely trust her with what is troubling him, he says her:

3. While staying at the Pessoners' home for her safety, Katherine discovers that Hawise's husband is gathering arms to do what?

4. Henry returns to England and Richard is forced to:

5. John Ball leads mobs across England, demanding the heads of:

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