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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Costanza eager to make a pilgrimage to Canterbury?
(a) She hopes St. Thomas will help her get more sleep
(b) She hopes St. Thomas will make her beautiful, like Katherine
(c) She hopes St. Thomas will help her become more fertile
(d) She hopes St. Thomas will make Katherine magically disappear

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

3. In addition to dystentery, what else plagues Hugh?
(a) Strange shaking
(b) Migraine headaches
(c) Strange nightmarish visions
(d) Impotence

4. What happens when Hugh looks up at the black cross in Waltham Abbey?
(a) He suddenly has a religious epiphany and decides to become a cleric
(b) The clasp on his necklace chain comes udone and his pendant falls to the ground
(c) The buckle holding his scabard comes lose and his sword falls to the ground
(d) He faints

5. Who does Katherine encounter on the ship to Bordeaux?
(a) Isolda, John's mother
(b) A woman named Blanche with an uncanny resemblance to Katherine
(c) Isabel, John's sister
(d) Gueneviere, John's sister

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Katherine find Philippa's letter so upsetting?

2. What does Brother William say John Ball is now preaching to the serfs?

3. After the queen finally meets Katherine, what does she order for the convent?

4. Whose husband leads the angry mob?

5. The Duke challenges Percy to mortal combat. Who shows up to fight him?

(see the answer key)

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