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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. The Earl of March envies John, but thinks he has one strength and advantage that John does not:
(a) The Earl is about to father a child who is closer to the throne than any of the Lancaster children
(b) He is expecting children with several royal women
(c) He has fathered many bastard children
(d) He is a better swordsman

2. When Blanchette, who loves Robin, refuses to marry Ralph of Hastings, what does she say to Katherine?
(a) She tells Katherine she's wonderful and glad to have half-siblings
(b) She calls Katherine the duke's creature who gives birth to his bastards
(c) She says nothing, thinking the silent treatment is the best response
(d) She calls Katherine a lovely creature

3. 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?
(a) Castile
(b) Italy
(c) Scotland
(d) Ireland

4. What is the main message or theme of this chapter?
(a) Always question who your parents are.
(b) If you're powerful, you will go crazy.
(c) That love conquers all.
(d) That when you're stressed out, it's good to rest and wake up hungry

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. In a conversation with Katherine, Brother William tells her that Pieter and the two monks have been banished to Cyprus. He also tells her to:

2. After reversing the Parliament's measures, John still has two significant enemies:

3. Why does the duke insist on seeing Katherine before remarrying?

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

5. Despite telling the Captal that he only loves Katherine, what must John do?

(see the answer key)

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