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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Oxford, Christmas 1501.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a duenna?
(a) A female relation.
(b) A tutor.
(c) A chaperone.
(d) A nurse.

2. What does Catalina say is not the cause of her tears after Arthur rejects her in Chapter 3?
(a) Homesickness.
(b) Embarrassment.
(c) Heartbreak.
(d) Joy.

3. What does Catalina say she will accept as her own?
(a) Arthur's hardships.
(b) The ways of the English.
(c) Arthur's family.
(d) Criticisms of Spain.

4. Where is a battle being fought at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Sevilla.
(b) Badalona.
(c) Granada.
(d) Bilbao.

5. What is the name of Catalina's duenna?
(a) Doña Eldoria.
(b) Doña Ema.
(c) Doña Emilia.
(d) Doña Elvira.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catalina tell her sister-in-law that she understands?

2. What do Catalina and Arthur travel in on their journey to Ludlow?

3. Who is Catalina sent to marry?

4. What does Henry say are the "great savior[s] of a marriage"?

5. Whom is Catalina traveling with at the beginning of the novel?

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