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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Roger DeCheyne ask Katherine for?
(a) A blessing before battle
(b) A promise to leave Hugh if he wins the joust
(c) A big wet kiss
(d) A token for luck

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

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

4. Katherine visits the Pessoner home only to be suddenly called away by:
(a) The Duke of Yorkshire, who wants to meet her
(b) The Duke of Lancaster, who requires her presence immediately
(c) The king, who no longer cares for Alice Perrers
(d) Geoffrey Chaucer, who needs her help editing his latest work

5. Who, to Katherine's dismay, is in attendance at the ceremony commemorating the death of Blanche, the duke's first wife?
(a) Costanza's mother, a very bothersome woman
(b) Geoffrey Chaucer's father, who is very ill with the black plague
(c) Costanza, the duke's current wife
(d) Blanche's ghost, whom everyone can see

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

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

8. Do Katherine and Blanche get along?
(a) Not at all. Blanche sees Katherine as another maid and treats her as such
(b) They are civil to one another.
(c) Yes. They enjoy singing and sewing together
(d) Blanche is too busy to spend any time with Katherine, so it's hard to say

9. John exits the obligatory mass for Blanche and encounters an angry mob who claim that:
(a) John owes them money
(b) John is not the king's son but the son of a French tailor
(c) John is not the king's son but the son of a Flemish butcher
(d) John is actually not English, but French

10. Why does Katherine not hesitate to go into the plague-contaminated Bolingbroke?
(a) She is immune to the plague
(b) She wears a special mask that makes her immune
(c) She is a hot-headed stubborn woman who does whatever she wants
(d) Two sorcerers accompany her

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

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

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

14. What happens when Katherine goes alone to the courtyard?
(a) Hugh stands next to her but never utters a word
(b) Hugh reads her a love poem and seduces her
(c) Hugh attacks her and tries to rape her
(d) Hugh tells her he must return her to the convent

15. 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) She learns that Blanche, the Duchess, is also pregnant and rides her horse all of the time
(c) She thinks Doucette, her horse, needs exercise
(d) The servants refuse to take her

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1372, Costanza gives birth to a daughter named Catalina. What is that name's equivalent in English?

2. When John returns to celebrate St. George's Day, what does Katherine find Hawise doing in her bedroom?

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

4. Who or what are the "four dread horsemen of the Apocalypse"?

5. How does Nirac describe Costanza's appearance?

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