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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Duchess's children evade the Plague?
(a) They hid underground where they could not contract the disease
(b) They were safe in the North Tower throughout the scourge
(c) They are actually Gascons, who are born with Plague immunity
(d) They were on holiday in France where there is no Plague

2. Why does Philippa end up sending Katherine to Bolingbroke?
(a) Katherine cries for Blanche morning and night
(b) The living conditions at Kettlethorpe are horrible.
(c) She finds Katherine to be bad company
(d) Katherine complains that Philippa is too bossy

3. Describe Katherine's reaction to the pyx when it passes the Chaucer home?
(a) She's shocked the pyx is so ugly
(b) She's ashamed of herself for wanting to escape marrying Hugh
(c) She's ashamed because she's suddenly in love with Geoffrecy
(d) She's ashamed because she can't remember what the pyx is

4. To whom is Philippa engaged?
(a) The King's Squire
(b) Roger DeCheyne
(c) The Duke of Lancaster
(d) Geoffrey Chaucer

5. Why does Nirac, the duke's loyal servant, decide to guard Katherine with his life?
(a) The Duke threatens him if he doesn't
(b) He thinks he's in love with Katherine
(c) He has nothing else to do
(d) He thinks Katherine and the duke are in a serious romantic relationship

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness does Nichola, Hugh's stepmother, have?

2. What does the local bishop call Katherine after meeting her?

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

4. How does Katherine know the plague has contaminated Bolingbroke when she arrives?

5. When Hugh returns to Kettlethorpe from war, we discover he suffers from?

(see the answer key)

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