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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What important event takes place in April 1369?
(a) Castile is declared the capital of continental Europe
(b) The king gets the bishop to stop the rain from falling
(c) France surrenders to England
(d) England declares war with France again

3. What does the local bishop call Katherine after meeting her?
(a) A barmaid
(b) Princess Katherine
(c) A charity wench
(d) A goddess

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Katherine form a lifelong friendship when she is at the Pessoner home?

2. What does Katherine try to prevent the servants from doing shortly before she gives birth?

3. How does Bolingbroke, the home of the Lancasters, compare with Kettlethorpe?

4. To whom is Hugh indebted?

5. Katherine reaches Blanche just in time to:

(see the answer key)

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