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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Katherine know the plague has contaminated Bolingbroke when she arrives?
(a) She sees servants' heads on pikes, the universal plague warning
(b) She sees a 4-foot high red cross painted at the bottom of the drawbridge
(c) She sees a 10-foot high black cross hanging from the entry
(d) Hugh comes rushing after her and tells her the news

2. 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?
(a) He kisses her left foot
(b) He kisses her hand lightly
(c) He kisses her passionately
(d) He slaps her across the face

3. 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

4. What is disturbing John most at this point in his life?
(a) The rumors circulating that he is a changeling
(b) That Geoffrey Chaucer isn't writing a biography of him
(c) That no one will fully accept his relationship with Katherine
(d) That his brother, the Prince of Wales, is more handsome

5. 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

6. Katherine soon discovers the real reason she has been called upon:
(a) The Duke wants to declare his love for her
(b) The Duke is making arrangements to send her back to the convent
(c) The Duke wants to banish her from England
(d) The Duke suspects her of killing Blanche

7. How does Katherine respond to John's amorous declaration?
(a) Hugh is a changed man and she thinks she's in love with him now
(b) She no longer feels the same way toward him
(c) She met someone else and is deeply in love with this new man
(d) She has made a vow to Saint Catherine and she intends to keep it

8. 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) Taking a nap in the big bed
(c) Removing the bed so that John and Katherine cannot conceive
(d) Shaking a roawn branch over the bed and muttering a curse hoping that Katherine will no longer conceive

9. Hugh takes the drink from Katherine and soon thereafter dreams of the Kettlethorpe Pooka Hound with "fiery-red eyes." What does the Pooka Hound symbolize?
(a) Nothing. He's just a crazy dog
(b) Death
(c) Sainthood
(d) Long life and prosperity

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

11. The Duke's pious daughter Philippa worries about her father's relationship with Katherine because:
(a) It's not convenient for her
(b) It's embarrassing to her
(c) They live in sin
(d) She fears being beheaded for her father's sins

12. Why do the servants resent the pregnant Katherine?
(a) She looks so beautiful pregnant
(b) She is meaner than before
(c) She's bringing the next of the Swynford generation
(d) She is overly demanding

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

14. What is the name of the illness that the Prince of Wales has?
(a) Cancer
(b) Dropsy
(c) Dementia
(d) Dysenterry

15. Why does Hugh order Katherine to stay away from Nichola?
(a) Nichola is clumsy and might trip and fall on her
(b) He doesn't want his unborn child to catch his stepmother's illness
(c) Nichola will smother her with affection
(d) Nichola is, in truth, a sorceress

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is John interested in marrying?

2. Why does Katherine decide to ride her horse to visit the Duchess of Lancaster?

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

4. What illness does Nichola, Hugh's stepmother, have?

5. As Katherine passes the skin market at Danesgate, she sees:

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