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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What confession does Pieter make when surrounded by Appleton and others?
(a) He says that the Bishop Courtenay paid him to make placards about the falseness of John's heritage
(b) That Alice Perrers is John's real mother
(c) That Katherine and John are actually siblings
(d) That Bishop Courtenay is in fact John's father

2. What does John discover upon his return to England?
(a) Savoy was destroyed and Katherine isn't there
(b) The street names have changed and he's very confused
(c) Katherine is in the castle tower and refuses to see anyone, including him
(d) Katherine took all of the family jewelry before leaving Savoy, now in ruins

3. Who offers to take a message to the king on John's behalf?
(a) Baron de la Pole
(b) Percy of Northumberland
(c) Robert Sutton
(d) Costanza, Queen of Castile

4. Where is Costanza while the duke and Katherine publicly travel around England together?
(a) In Paris
(b) In Hertford
(c) In Stratford-Upon-Avon
(d) In Castile

5. Where does Katherine feel she should now return?
(a) Scotland
(b) Swynford, her husband's home
(c) Sheppey, the convent
(d) Savoy, to rebuild it

6. In 1397, who did Richard have killed to save his throne?
(a) Guy le Pessoner, fishmonger
(b) His uncle John, Duke of Lancaster
(c) His uncle Thomas, Duke of Gloucester
(d) Little Hotspur, Percy's son

7. Robin, playing the Lord of Misrule, shouts "Now shall each man kiss the lady of his heart!" He then kisses:
(a) Eleanor
(b) Katherine
(c) Philippa
(d) Princess Joan

8. While staying at the Pessoners' home for her safety, Katherine discovers that Hawise's husband is gathering arms to do what?
(a) Practice shooting
(b) To give to the French
(c) Use against the duke
(d) To give to the Cantons

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

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

11. Who does the king's squire, Robin, think is a challenge for the duke?
(a) Katherine and Costanza
(b) The wealthy bishops
(c) Costanza
(d) The peasants

12. At Our Lady of Walsingham's shrine, what miracle does Katherine pray for?
(a) Blanchette's return
(b) Hugh's return
(c) Costanza's death
(d) John's return

13. What worries Katherine when she learns that both Trastamare and King Charles of France have died?
(a) She worries that Costanza will move to France and make John come there, too
(b) With the opportunity for England to take Castile, Costanza may not tolerate having Katherine around
(c) She worries that she'll have to study French
(d) She worries that John will move to France and love a French woman

14. After signing truce agreements with Scotland, the duke suddenly learns he cannot:
(a) Walk
(b) Re-enter Castile
(c) Re-enter England.
(d) Live with Katherine anywhere in the kingdom

15. Janet, Katherine's daughter-in-law, has a theory about why Katherine doesn't see her son Thomas much. What is Janet's theory?
(a) Katherine is removing herself from society
(b) Katherine doesn't like Janet
(c) Katherine thinks Thomas is unpleasant like his late father
(d) Katherine prefers her illegitimate children with thedDuke to her natural children with Hugh

Short Answer Questions

1. Katherine has great reservations about marrying Robert Sutton, now one of Lincoln's "foremost citizens". Why?

2. As the Savoy explodes and peasants pillage its wine cellars, Cob stares at Katherine lying unconscious on the ground. He considers stealing her purse but stops. Why?

3. Where does Katherine take Geoffrey to tell him about the guilt she feels and everything she now believes has gone wrong in her life?

4. Katherine's daughter Joan says her brother Thomas hates the king, saying he describes the king as:

5. Katherine visits her beloved Blanche's tomb. In the tomb, she hears Blanche's voice and decides:

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