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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. 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 owes them money
(c) John is not the king's son but the son of a Flemish butcher
(d) John is not the king's son but the son of a French tailor

2. Initially, John tells Katherine he has called for her because:
(a) He wants her to tell him what Blanche wore when she died
(b) He wants her to repeat word for word what the priest said when administering the last rites
(c) He wants to thank her for caring for Blanche at Bolingbroke
(d) He thinks Katherine took something valuable of Blanche's and wants it back

3. What happens when Richard asks Thomas Swynford to try on the heavy crown?
(a) The Earl of March violently intervenes
(b) Thomas suddenly becomes invisible
(c) The Duke of Lancaster violently intervenes
(d) Thomas puts it on and falls to the ground

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

5. On what day of what year does Henry of Bolingbroke get married?
(a) New Year's Day, 1380
(b) March 15, 1380
(c) July 15, 1380
(d) Christmas Day, 1380

Short Answer Questions

1. Nirac's feelings toward Katherine go from loyalty to hatred. Resigned that he'll never be greatly admired by John, what does he do?

2. How did the Duchess's children evade the Plague?

3. When Blanchette, who loves Robin, refuses to marry Ralph of Hastings, what does she say to Katherine?

4. Who or what are the "four dread horsemen of the Apocalypse"?

5. What does Katherine try to prevent the servants from doing shortly before she gives birth?

(see the answer key)

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