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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Katherine tell John when she returns to Bordeaux?
(a) She fell in love with Nirac and they are eloping
(b) She's pregnant with his child
(c) She has changed her mind and wants to become a nun
(d) She feels she's still married to Hugh and cannot be unfaithful to his memory

2. Why does Hugh order Katherine to stay away from Nichola?
(a) Nichola is, in truth, a sorceress
(b) Nichola will smother her with affection
(c) Nichola is clumsy and might trip and fall on her
(d) He doesn't want his unborn child to catch his stepmother's illness

3. How does Bolingbroke, the home of the Lancasters, compare with Kettlethorpe?
(a) It is newer but has no distinct characteristics
(b) It is beautiful, alive and welcoming
(c) Uglier and the property much smaller
(d) There is almost no difference. The estates were built by the same architect

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

5. How does John suddenly strengthen his political position?
(a) He changes the law so all couples can live in sin
(b) He reverses the measures the Parliament recently passed, he frees Alice Perrers and prisoners sentenced by the House of Commons
(c) He vows to give England to Castile
(d) He gives Costanza the freedom to divorce him if she wants

Short Answer Questions

1. Also at the House of Commons, Alice Perrers is accused of:

2. To whom do the king and John pledge their allegiance when the Old King dies?

3. When Blanchette, who loves Robin, refuses to marry Ralph of Hastings, what does she say to Katherine?

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

5. After reversing the Parliament's measures, John still has two significant enemies:

(see the answer key)

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