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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Katherine goes to the Chapel to visit Blanches' body and finds the duke there. What does he tell her?
(a) To leave
(b) He's giving Bolingbroke to the convent
(c) To stay until he feels better
(d) He wishes he had caught the Plague so he could be dead with Blanche

2. Who is John interested in marrying?
(a) Elizabeth, Queen of England
(b) Costanza, Queen of Castile
(c) Alice Perrers
(d) Alice Walker

3. Why does Katherine find Philippa's letter so upsetting?
(a) Philippa refuses to visit her
(b) Philippa says Katherine is a bad person who deserves an equally bad husband
(c) Philippa preaches to her about childbearing
(d) Philippa assumes that Katherine is living in great comfort and luxury

4. Katherine goes to mass and runs into John, disguised as a pilgrim. He tells her:
(a) He sees the ghost of his wife everywhere and is scared
(b) He has become a cleric
(c) He loves her and cannot live without her
(d) He's thinking of changing the law so that he can have multiple wives

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Katherine not hesitate to go into the plague-contaminated Bolingbroke?

2. What announcement does the Duke of Lancaster make when he arrives?

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

4. Do Katherine and Blanche get along?

5. Once Katherine is resigned to marrying Hugh, what does she give him?

(see the answer key)

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