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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who prevents Nichola from drowning the newborn baby?
(a) Gibbon
(b) Hugh
(c) Blanche
(d) The Duke of Lancaster

2. What does Katherine try to prevent the servants from doing shortly before she gives birth?
(a) Attending a wine festival
(b) Participating in a pagan ritual that involves sacrificing animals and drinking heavily
(c) Building a new wing on the house for the new baby
(d) Cooking anything with lamb in it

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

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

5. Why do the servants resent the pregnant Katherine?
(a) She is meaner than before
(b) She's bringing the next of the Swynford generation
(c) She is overly demanding
(d) She looks so beautiful pregnant

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to dystentery, what else plagues Hugh?

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

3. To whom is Hugh indebted?

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

5. Why does Katherine find Philippa's letter so upsetting?

(see the answer key)

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