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

2. How does Katherine know the plague has contaminated Bolingbroke when she arrives?
(a) She sees a 4-foot high red cross painted at the bottom of the drawbridge
(b) Hugh comes rushing after her and tells her the news
(c) She sees servants' heads on pikes, the universal plague warning
(d) She sees a 10-foot high black cross hanging from the entry

3. Why does the duke insist on seeing Katherine before remarrying?
(a) He wants to know if, because Katherine was close to Blanche, she thinks Blanche would approve of the union
(b) He wants to see if he's over her
(c) He wants her permission to marry a queen
(d) He wants her opinion of his wedding attire

4. 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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the sword fight between Hugh and Roger end?

2. Katherine goes back to the Pessoners' and asks Hawise to:

3. Why do the servants resent the pregnant Katherine?

4. Hugh takes the drink from Katherine and soon thereafter dreams of the Kettlethorpe Pooka Hound with "fiery-red eyes." What does the Pooka Hound symbolize?

5. Why does Katherine find Philippa's letter so upsetting?

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