1. Why does Katherine decide to ride her horse to visit the Duchess of Lancaster?
(a) The servants refuse to take her
(b) She sees it as an opportunity to try to lose the baby
(c) She learns that Blanche, the Duchess, is also pregnant and rides her horse all of the time
(d) She thinks Doucette, her horse, needs exercise

2. Also at the House of Commons, Alice Perrers is accused of:
(a) Putting a spell on the Queen
(b) Spying for the Castilians
(c) Spying for the Italians
(d) Bribery, fraud, theft, and holding the king with witchcraft

3. Why does the duke insist on seeing Katherine before remarrying?
(a) He wants to see if he's over her
(b) He wants her permission to marry a queen
(c) He wants to know if, because Katherine was close to Blanche, she thinks Blanche would approve of the union
(d) He wants her opinion of his wedding attire

4. Who, to Katherine's dismay, is in attendance at the ceremony commemorating the death of Blanche, the duke's first wife?
(a) Geoffrey Chaucer's father, who is very ill with the black plague
(b) Costanza, the duke's current wife
(c) Blanche's ghost, whom everyone can see
(d) Costanza's mother, a very bothersome woman

5. How did the Duchess's children evade the Plague?
(a) They hid underground where they could not contract the disease
(b) They were on holiday in France where there is no Plague
(c) They are actually Gascons, who are born with Plague immunity
(d) They were safe in the North Tower throughout the scourge