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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Duchess's children evade the Plague?
(a) They are actually Gascons, who are born with Plague immunity
(b) They were on holiday in France where there is no Plague
(c) They hid underground where they could not contract the disease
(d) They were safe in the North Tower throughout the scourge

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

3. What does Katherine tell Hugh before he leaves for war?
(a) He must stop at the Lancaster estate for a blessing first
(b) She has discovered that she cannot have children
(c) That she's pregnant
(d) She's leaving him and not to look for her

4. Katherine goes back to the Pessoners' and asks Hawise to:
(a) Serve as her personal chef
(b) Attend mass with her
(c) Serve as her maid
(d) Sew a really nice dress for her

5. Why does Geoffrey send Philippa to stay at Kettlethorpe?
(a) He needs to be alone in London so he can write
(b) He has no money left to support her for the time being
(c) He doesn't give a reason
(d) So that she'll be away from the plague in London

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What illness does Nichola, Hugh's stepmother, have?

3. The Friar, Brother William, doesn't suspect Katherine of foul play in Hugh's death. Instead, he believes that:

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

5. Katherine soon discovers the real reason she has been called upon:

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