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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Six/Thirty-Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is Philippa engaged?
(a) Roger DeCheyne
(b) Geoffrey Chaucer
(c) The King's Squire
(d) The Duke of Lancaster

2. Katherine visits her beloved Blanche's tomb. In the tomb, she hears Blanche's voice and decides:
(a) To make a pilgrimmage to Canterbury
(b) To go to Scotland and talk to the duke
(c) To leave everything and everyone and disappear without a trace
(d) To make a pilgrimmage to Our Lady Walsingham

3. Why does Philippa end up sending Katherine to Bolingbroke?
(a) Katherine cries for Blanche morning and night
(b) The living conditions at Kettlethorpe are horrible.
(c) Katherine complains that Philippa is too bossy
(d) She finds Katherine to be bad company

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

5. When John returns to celebrate St. George's Day, what does Katherine find Hawise doing in her bedroom?
(a) Ironing the bed sheets so they're very crisp
(b) Removing the bed so that John and Katherine cannot conceive
(c) Taking a nap in the big bed
(d) Shaking a roawn branch over the bed and muttering a curse hoping that Katherine will no longer conceive

Short Answer Questions

1. Katherine initially decides against seeing John again. But Harry convinces her to be a part of the reunion because:

2. At the Pessoners, Geoffrey calls the hatred of the duke senseless and unjust. What does Katherine say about that?

3. Katherine goes to mass and runs into John, disguised as a pilgrim. He tells her:

4. Now legitimately married to John, and their children legitimized as well, Katherine is back at Windsor Castle. But are the ladies in court happy to have her back?

5. What does Alice Perrers do immediately after the king dies?

(see the answer key)

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