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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the Pessoners, Geoffrey calls the hatred of the duke senseless and unjust. What does Katherine say about that?
(a) Katherine feels Geoffrey is being disloyal and unfair
(b) Katherine disagrees with Geoffrey because she too, now hates the duke
(c) She now believes it was God's punishment for her affair with John
(d) She completely agrees and wants to find a way to change people's minds.

2. John exits the obligatory mass for Blanche and encounters an angry mob who claim that:
(a) John is not the king's son but the son of a French tailor
(b) John is not the king's son but the son of a Flemish butcher
(c) John owes them money
(d) John is actually not English, but French

3. After reversing the Parliament's measures, John still has two significant enemies:
(a) The Earl of March and Bishop Courtenay of London
(b) The King and the Prince of Wales
(c) Isolda and Pieter
(d) Katherine and Costanza

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

5. Who sets the playful tone by dancing a dog on the table at Blanche's funeral dinner hosted by the king?
(a) The Duke of Lancaster, who shows up unexpectedly
(b) Katherine, who thinks Blanche would have preferred a jovial funeral dinner
(c) Philippa and Geoffrey, who have no tact
(d) Alice Perrers, his mistress

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Father Oswald refuse to grant Katherine after she confesses?

3. The Duke goes into seclusion after Blanche's burial, permitting only this person to see him:

4. Why is Costanza eager to make a pilgrimage to Canterbury?

5. As Katherine regains her memory of the moments before Brother Williams' death, she tells Dame Emma that it wasn't the friar's blood that drove Blanchette away, but probably:

(see the answer key)

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