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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Describe Katherine's reaction to the pyx when it passes the Chaucer home?
(a) She's shocked the pyx is so ugly
(b) She's ashamed of herself for wanting to escape marrying Hugh
(c) She's ashamed because she can't remember what the pyx is
(d) She's ashamed because she's suddenly in love with Geoffrecy

2. Who sets the playful tone by dancing a dog on the table at Blanche's funeral dinner hosted by the king?
(a) Alice Perrers, his mistress
(b) Katherine, who thinks Blanche would have preferred a jovial funeral dinner
(c) The Duke of Lancaster, who shows up unexpectedly
(d) Philippa and Geoffrey, who have no tact

3. What important event takes place in April 1369?
(a) The king gets the bishop to stop the rain from falling
(b) Castile is declared the capital of continental Europe
(c) England declares war with France again
(d) France surrenders to England

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

5. The meeting of the House of Commons yields several major accusations. The King's chamberlain, Lord Latimer, is accused of:
(a) Impersonating the king
(b) Trying to seize the throne
(c) Corruption and treason
(d) Stealing from the poor and giving to the rich

6. When Raulin and three men show up to escort Katherine and Hawise to Kettlethorpe, he mentions he has some letters from the duke to be delivered to people in Lincoln. Katherine is disappointed because the letters are not for her, but for:
(a) Robert Sutton
(b) Hugh
(c) Philippa
(d) Gibbon

7. What is the Captal's opinion of Katherine?
(a) He wishes Katherine were of a better rank
(b) He thinks highly of her and that she would be a better wife than Costanza
(c) He doesn't reveal any thoughts on Katherine
(d) Very low, he think she's a slut

8. The Duke goes into seclusion after Blanche's burial, permitting only this person to see him:
(a) Raulin d'Ypres, his young Flemish body squire
(b) Hugh Swynford
(c) Geoffrey Chaucer
(d) The king

9. How does the duke react to news of Hugh's death?
(a) With joy
(b) He snickers and says Hugh got what he deserved
(c) With deep sadness
(d) He thanks Nirac for being a great loyal servant

10. What does Katherine tell Hugh before he leaves for war?
(a) That she's pregnant
(b) She has discovered that she cannot have children
(c) He must stop at the Lancaster estate for a blessing first
(d) She's leaving him and not to look for her

11. What does Katherine try to prevent the servants from doing shortly before she gives birth?
(a) Participating in a pagan ritual that involves sacrificing animals and drinking heavily
(b) Building a new wing on the house for the new baby
(c) Cooking anything with lamb in it
(d) Attending a wine festival

12. All of the duke's men are happy except for Baron de la Pole. The Baron gets sent away for openly expressing his concerns to the duke. On his way to Havering, he meets Brother William Appleton who tells him something interesting about the duke. What does he tell Baron?
(a) He is in possession of documents that could ruin John forever
(b) He has seen genuine documents that confirm the duke is the son of a Flemish butcher
(c) He overheard two monks and a Flemish man had created the documents that question the duke's heritage
(d) That John will soon move to Castile and not return

13. After reversing the Parliament's measures, John still has two significant enemies:
(a) Katherine and Costanza
(b) The Earl of March and Bishop Courtenay of London
(c) Isolda and Pieter
(d) The King and the Prince of Wales

14. Who or what are the "four dread horsemen of the Apocalypse"?
(a) Famine, War, Pestilence and Death
(b) Famine, War, Sloth and Hanging
(c) There are really only two: Famine and War
(d) Peace, Love, Understanding and Wisdom

15. Why does Geoffrey send Philippa to stay at Kettlethorpe?
(a) He doesn't give a reason
(b) So that she'll be away from the plague in London
(c) He needs to be alone in London so he can write
(d) He has no money left to support her for the time being

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Do Katherine and Blanche get along?

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?

4. In addition to dystentery, what else plagues Hugh?

5. Once Katherine is resigned to marrying Hugh, what does she give him?

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