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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the duke do with his children on Maundy Thursday?
(a) Wait for the poor to enter church, shut the doors and lock them up
(b) Wash the clothing of the poor, give them bread and cheese
(c) Wash the hands of the poor, give them gloves and chocolate
(d) Wash the feet of the poor, feed them, and give them silver

2. Despite telling the Captal that he only loves Katherine, what must John do?
(a) Marry Costanza, Queen of Castile
(b) Remain single and celibate
(c) Marry Alice Perrers to make her
(d) Marry an eight-year-old princess from Italy

3. What controversial statement does John Wyclef make about the sacredness of Mass?
(a) The wine and the wafer are mere symbols, not the actual body and blood of Christ
(b) That it should not be held on Sundays, but on Wednesdays
(c) That the wine and the wafer are really the body and blood of the Virgin Mary
(d) That the wine and the wafer should be replaced by brandy and cake

4. What important event takes place in April 1369?
(a) The king gets the bishop to stop the rain from falling
(b) France surrenders to England
(c) Castile is declared the capital of continental Europe
(d) England declares war with France again

5. How does John suddenly strengthen his political position?
(a) He gives Costanza the freedom to divorce him if she wants
(b) He reverses the measures the Parliament recently passed, he frees Alice Perrers and prisoners sentenced by the House of Commons
(c) He changes the law so all couples can live in sin
(d) He vows to give England to Castile

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Katherine realize about herself after hearing Geoffrey read the love poem?

2. 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?

3. What worries Hawise about the affair between John and Katherine?

4. Who prevents Nichola from drowning the newborn baby?

5. What is disturbing John most at this point in his life?

(see the answer key)

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