1. 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 actually not English, but French
(c) John is not the king's son but the son of a Flemish butcher
(d) John owes them money

2. Where does Katherine take Geoffrey to tell him about the guilt she feels and everything she now believes has gone wrong in her life?
(a) To the ruins of Savoy
(b) To Blanche's tomb
(c) To see Brother William's head
(d) The Pessoners' back yard

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

4. The Duke goes into seclusion after Blanche's burial, permitting only this person to see him:
(a) Hugh Swynford
(b) Raulin d'Ypres, his young Flemish body squire
(c) Geoffrey Chaucer
(d) The king

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:
(a) That he believes Katherine is a witch
(b) Madness, for she had been showing signs of it beforehand
(c) The size of the mob approaching them
(d) The revelation that he believed Katherine had murdered Hugh

Short Answer Questions

1. All of the duke's men are happy except for Baron de la Pole. The Baron gets sent away for openly expressing his concerns to the duke. On his way to Havering, he meets Brother William Appleton who tells him something interesting about the duke. What does he tell Baron?

2. How does John suddenly strengthen his political position?

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

4. Whose husband leads the angry mob?

5. The Earl of March envies John, but thinks he has one strength and advantage that John does not:

(see the answer key)

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