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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Katherine know the plague has contaminated Bolingbroke when she arrives?
(a) Hugh comes rushing after her and tells her the news
(b) She sees a 4-foot high red cross painted at the bottom of the drawbridge
(c) She sees a 10-foot high black cross hanging from the entry
(d) She sees servants' heads on pikes, the universal plague warning

2. In addition to dystentery, what else plagues Hugh?
(a) Impotence
(b) Strange shaking
(c) Migraine headaches
(d) Strange nightmarish visions

3. Why does Katherine not hesitate to go into the plague-contaminated Bolingbroke?
(a) She wears a special mask that makes her immune
(b) She is a hot-headed stubborn woman who does whatever she wants
(c) She is immune to the plague
(d) Two sorcerers accompany her

4. How does Nirac describe Costanza's appearance?
(a) Shabby, bony, flat-chested with a hair shirt to remind her of her father
(b) Plain and forgetful
(c) So repulsive that it would be best to look elsewhere in her presence
(d) Exquisite, voluptuous, dressed in the most beautiful dresses

5. What keeps Katherine from going to Bolingbroke sooner?
(a) Violent rainstorms ruin the road to Bolingbroke
(b) She can't make up her mind if she really likes Blanche
(c) A robber stole her horse and Hugh won't give her another one
(d) She has to wait until she can wean Thomas off her

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the main message or theme of this chapter?

3. Who is John interested in marrying?

4. Who orders Katherine to Kennington?

5. Why is Hugh confident he'll return by May?

(see the answer key)

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