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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who was Isolda?
(a) John of Gaunt's mother
(b) Alice Perrer's older sister
(c) A mysterious servant who charmed the royals
(d) John of Gaunt's sister

4. Who or what are the "four dread horsemen of the Apocalypse"?
(a) Famine, War, Sloth and Hanging
(b) There are really only two: Famine and War
(c) Famine, War, Pestilence and Death
(d) Peace, Love, Understanding and Wisdom

5. What does Katherine realize about herself after hearing Geoffrey read the love poem?
(a) She has never, and may never, experience true love
(b) He's not a very talented writer
(c) She makes all men who meet her fall in love with her
(d) She liked his comic poetry more than his romantic verse

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nirac, the duke's loyal servant, decide to guard Katherine with his life?

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

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

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

5. Why does Philippa end up sending Katherine to Bolingbroke?

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