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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three/Fourteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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

3. Why does Katherine decide to ride her horse to visit the Duchess of Lancaster?
(a) She sees it as an opportunity to try to lose the baby
(b) The servants refuse to take her
(c) She thinks Doucette, her horse, needs exercise
(d) She learns that Blanche, the Duchess, is also pregnant and rides her horse all of the time

4. Do Katherine and Blanche get along?
(a) Yes. They enjoy singing and sewing together
(b) Not at all. Blanche sees Katherine as another maid and treats her as such
(c) Blanche is too busy to spend any time with Katherine, so it's hard to say
(d) They are civil to one another.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Hugh order Katherine to stay away from Nichola?

5. After the queen finally meets Katherine, what does she order for the convent?

(see the answer key)

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