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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What mode of transport does Katherine use when leaving the convent?
2. Who does Katherine encounter on the ship to Bordeaux?
3. Once Katherine is resigned to marrying Hugh, what does she give him?
4. In 1372, Costanza gives birth to a daughter named Catalina. What is that name's equivalent in English?
5. How did the Duchess's children evade the Plague?
Short Essay Questions
1. Was it foolish of Katherine to refuse an escort back to Kettlethorpe? Why or why not?
2. What is Richard's reaction when the duke--who calls himself King of Castile--pledges his allegiance to him? Why?
3. Who breaks up the fight between Roger DeCheyne and Hugh Swynford? And how does Katherine react to this?
4. What does Philippa, Katherine's older sister, say in a letter that upsets Katherine deeply?
5. Shortly after her wedding, Katherine and Hugh stop at Waltham Abbey, where they visit a shrine containing a large black cross. What happens to Hugh at the shrine that foreshadows dark events to come?
6. Name some of the devastating events of 1369 and how they affect Kettlethorpe.
7. Despite his love for Katherine, who is the Duke of Lancaster hoping to marry, and why?
8. Despite seeing the cross at the entrance to Bolingbroke that indicates the estate has been contaminated by the Plague, Katherine goes in. Why does she take such a risk?
9. Who takes Katherine from the pier to Hugh's lodgings when she arrives in Bordeaux? And how does Hugh receive this escort?
10. Costanza tells John that she had a dream. What did she dream that sets this chapter into motion?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When the duke leaves the church where he attended a commemorative mass for Blanche, he encounters a mob that accuses him of being the son of a Flemish butcher and not the king's son. Why is this accusation so divisive? Why must the duke fight so hard to prove this accusation wrong?
Essay Topic 2
Is it ironic that in Bordeaux, while Katherine tends to her ailing husband and the duke declares his undying love for her, she says she cannot be unfaithful to Hugh? Talk about the internal, emotional tug-of-war that Katherine experiences when it comes to her love for the duke and her feelings toward her abusive husband Hugh.
Essay Topic 3
Do you think Nirac had any concept that putting the poison in Hugh's medicine would have such far-reaching consequences? By the time he dies, do you think he had any regrets about his past actions? Or does he feel he has done everything with honor?
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