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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Italy
(b) Ireland
(c) Castile
(d) Scotland

2. 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

3. Why does Katherine decide to ride her horse to visit the Duchess of Lancaster?
(a) She sees it as an opportunity to try to lose the baby
(b) The servants refuse to take her
(c) She thinks Doucette, her horse, needs exercise
(d) She learns that Blanche, the Duchess, is also pregnant and rides her horse all of the time

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

5. What keeps Katherine from going to Bolingbroke sooner?
(a) She has to wait until she can wean Thomas off her
(b) A robber stole her horse and Hugh won't give her another one
(c) Violent rainstorms ruin the road to Bolingbroke
(d) She can't make up her mind if she really likes Blanche

6. What does Geoffrey Chaucer feel about Katherine's relationship with John?
(a) He could care less
(b) That it's inappropriate
(c) He thinks it will be great source material for his next work
(d) He approves

7. Katherine reaches Blanche just in time to:
(a) Get a priest to administer last rites
(b) Get a judge to annul Blanche's marriage to the duke
(c) Get a blessing to have an affair with the duke
(d) Hear Blanche tell her that the duke is not who she thinks he is

8. What assumption has Katherine made about her release from the convent?
(a) That someone has hired her as a governess
(b) That a husband has been chosen for her and she will soon be married
(c) That her sister Philippa has sent for her
(d) That she's being transferred to another convent

9. What worries Hawise about the affair between John and Katherine?
(a) That John will tire of Katherine
(b) That she will not have enough energy to look after the many children they plan to have
(c) That if something goes wrong, she will be in trouble
(d) That Katherine might take another lover

10. Katherine goes back to the Pessoners' and asks Hawise to:
(a) Sew a really nice dress for her
(b) Serve as her maid
(c) Attend mass with her
(d) Serve as her personal chef

11. What illness does Nichola, Hugh's stepmother, have?
(a) A bad heart
(b) Cancer
(c) Psoriasis
(d) Water-elf sickness

12. 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

13. How did Katherine's mother die?
(a) She took her own life
(b) She was trampled by a horse
(c) In childbirth
(d) From a mysterious disease

14. Also at the House of Commons, Alice Perrers is accused of:
(a) Spying for the Italians
(b) Spying for the Castilians
(c) Bribery, fraud, theft, and holding the king with witchcraft
(d) Putting a spell on the Queen

15. When Hugh returns to Kettlethorpe from war, we discover he suffers from?
(a) Dyslexia
(b) Low blood-sugar
(c) Dysentery
(d) Depression

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Philippa end up sending Katherine to Bolingbroke?

3. What is the name of the illness that the Prince of Wales has?

4. Where does the duke take Katherine?

5. Hugh is initially suspicious as to why the duke has forgiven his debts. When Katherine reassures him that it must be the Duke's way of thanking her for taking care of the Duchess, how does Hugh react?

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