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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Katherine reaches Hugh in Aquitaine, he's as ill-tempered as ever. But he softens up when she tells him about:
(a) Their children
(b) The money they're making from their estates
(c) A magic potion that will heal him instantly
(d) A new wine venture she has started that's sure to be successful

2. Katherine reaches Blanche just in time to:
(a) Get a judge to annul Blanche's marriage to the duke
(b) Get a blessing to have an affair with the duke
(c) Hear Blanche tell her that the duke is not who she thinks he is
(d) Get a priest to administer last rites

3. The Duke goes into seclusion after Blanche's burial, permitting only this person to see him:
(a) Raulin d'Ypres, his young Flemish body squire
(b) The king
(c) Geoffrey Chaucer
(d) Hugh Swynford

4. Why can't Katherine go home?
(a) She is sick with a bad cold
(b) She doesn't have either enough money or an escort for the journey
(c) She isn't given her usual five escorts, just three
(d) Hugh has banned her from Kettlethorpe

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Isolda?

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

3. Who sets the playful tone by dancing a dog on the table at Blanche's funeral dinner hosted by the king?

4. What important event takes place in April 1369?

5. As Katherine passes the skin market at Danesgate, she sees:

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