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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two/Twelve.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Do Katherine and Blanche get along?
(a) Blanche is too busy to spend any time with Katherine, so it's hard to say
(b) Not at all. Blanche sees Katherine as another maid and treats her as such
(c) They are civil to one another.
(d) Yes. They enjoy singing and sewing together

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

3. How does the sword fight between Hugh and Roger end?
(a) It's a draw
(b) Roger wins
(c) The Duke of Lancaster breaks it up
(d) Hugh wins

4. 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 thinks Doucette, her horse, needs exercise
(d) She learns that Blanche, the Duchess, is also pregnant and rides her horse all of the time

5. As Katherine passes the skin market at Danesgate, she sees:
(a) Alice Perrers
(b) Philippa
(c) Costanza
(d) A nun from the convent

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Duchess's children evade the Plague?

2. When Raulin and three men show up to escort Katherine and Hawise to Kettlethorpe, he mentions he has some letters from the duke to be delivered to people in Lincoln. Katherine is disappointed because the letters are not for her, but for:

3. Who was Isolda?

4. What does Roger DeCheyne ask Katherine for?

5. Who prevents Nichola from drowning the newborn baby?

(see the answer key)

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