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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. To whom is Hugh indebted?
(a) Geoffrey Chaucer
(b) Alice Perrers
(c) John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster
(d) The King

2. 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?
(a) Sainthood
(b) Death
(c) Nothing. He's just a crazy dog
(d) Long life and prosperity

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

4. What does Katherine tell John when she returns to Bordeaux?
(a) She feels she's still married to Hugh and cannot be unfaithful to his memory
(b) She fell in love with Nirac and they are eloping
(c) She's pregnant with his child
(d) She has changed her mind and wants to become a nun

5. John exits the obligatory mass for Blanche and encounters an angry mob who claim that:
(a) John is actually not English, but French
(b) John is not the king's son but the son of a Flemish butcher
(c) John is not the king's son but the son of a French tailor
(d) John owes them money

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the duke react to news of Hugh's death?

2. Katherine visits the Pessoner home only to be suddenly called away by:

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

4. Who prevents Nichola from drowning the newborn baby?

5. The meeting of the House of Commons yields several major accusations. The King's chamberlain, Lord Latimer, is accused of:

(see the answer key)

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