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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John has a dream in which he "felt the touch of the sacred oil as the archbishop anointed him and he had felt, vivid as in waking, the holy pressure" of a certain country's crown. What country's crown?
(a) Castile
(b) Scotland
(c) Italy
(d) Ireland

2. Why does Katherine find Philippa's letter so upsetting?
(a) Philippa preaches to her about childbearing
(b) Philippa says Katherine is a bad person who deserves an equally bad husband
(c) Philippa refuses to visit her
(d) Philippa assumes that Katherine is living in great comfort and luxury

3. The Duke manages to get Katherine to go to Aquitaine under what pretense?
(a) She needs to tend to Hugh who has been injured in battle
(b) The army needs a seamstress to repair the country's war flags
(c) She needs to join other wives who are serving as nurses
(d) Women are now being drafted and it's her time to go

4. What does Katherine tell Hugh before he leaves for war?
(a) He must stop at the Lancaster estate for a blessing first
(b) She has discovered that she cannot have children
(c) That she's pregnant
(d) She's leaving him and not to look for her

5. What does Katherine find at the duke's gatehouse that brands him a traitor?
(a) A ten-foot high cross, painted in black
(b) The duke's shield, turned upside down
(c) A four-foot high cross, painted red
(d) The Duke's shield, painted in red

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Katherine encounter on the ship to Bordeaux?

2. Why does Hugh order Katherine to stay away from Nichola?

3. What is the name of the illness that the Prince of Wales has?

4. Why does Katherine not hesitate to go into the plague-contaminated Bolingbroke?

5. Who, to Katherine's dismay, is in attendance at the ceremony commemorating the death of Blanche, the duke's first wife?

(see the answer key)

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