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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One 1336-1337/Eight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Katherine try to prevent the servants from doing shortly before she gives birth?
(a) Cooking anything with lamb in it
(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) Attending a wine festival

2. Why does Katherine find Philippa's letter so upsetting?
(a) Philippa refuses to visit her
(b) Philippa preaches to her about childbearing
(c) Philippa says Katherine is a bad person who deserves an equally bad husband
(d) Philippa assumes that Katherine is living in great comfort and luxury

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

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

5. Who helps Katherine deliver her baby?
(a) Hawise
(b) Philippa
(c) Blanche
(d) Nichola

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Hugh looks up at the black cross in Waltham Abbey?

2. What assumption has Katherine made about her release from the convent?

3. What does Katherine tell Hugh before he leaves for war?

4. How did Katherine's mother die?

5. To whom is Philippa engaged?

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