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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Roger DeCheyne ask Katherine for?
(a) A promise to leave Hugh if he wins the joust
(b) A big wet kiss
(c) A token for luck
(d) A blessing before battle

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

3. How does Nirac describe Costanza's appearance?
(a) So repulsive that it would be best to look elsewhere in her presence
(b) Shabby, bony, flat-chested with a hair shirt to remind her of her father
(c) Plain and forgetful
(d) Exquisite, voluptuous, dressed in the most beautiful dresses

4. Hugh is initially suspicious as to why the duke has forgiven his debts. When Katherine reassures him that it must be the Duke's way of thanking her for taking care of the Duchess, how does Hugh react?
(a) He kisses her hand lightly
(b) He kisses her passionately
(c) He slaps her across the face
(d) He kisses her left foot

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. John has a dream in which he "felt the touch of the sacred oil as the archbishop anointed him and he had felt, vivid as in waking, the holy pressure" of a certain country's crown. What country's crown?

4. What happens when Katherine goes alone to the courtyard?

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

(see the answer key)

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