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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once Katherine is resigned to marrying Hugh, what does she give him?
(a) A suit of armor
(b) A bible
(c) Nothing because he doesn't need any lucky tokens
(d) A piece of her sleeve to wear in the upcoming joust

2. As Katherine passes the skin market at Danesgate, she sees:
(a) Philippa
(b) Costanza
(c) Alice Perrers
(d) A nun from the convent

3. 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 because she's suddenly in love with Geoffrecy
(c) She's ashamed of herself for wanting to escape marrying Hugh
(d) She's ashamed because she can't remember what the pyx is

4. The Duke manages to get Katherine to go to Aquitaine under what pretense?
(a) She needs to tend to Hugh who has been injured in battle
(b) The army needs a seamstress to repair the country's war flags
(c) She needs to join other wives who are serving as nurses
(d) Women are now being drafted and it's her time to go

5. Who helps Katherine deliver her baby?
(a) Hawise
(b) Philippa
(c) Blanche
(d) Nichola

6. Why is Hugh confident he'll return by May?
(a) He's certain that it won't take long to beat
(b) He's certain that the Castilians can't fight in warmer weather
(c) His contract prevents him from fighting any longer
(d) He went to a fortune teller who said that the Castilians won't last long

7. Katherine goes to mass and runs into John, disguised as a pilgrim. He tells her:
(a) He sees the ghost of his wife everywhere and is scared
(b) He has become a cleric
(c) He's thinking of changing the law so that he can have multiple wives
(d) He loves her and cannot live without her

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

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

10. How does the sword fight between Hugh and Roger end?
(a) Hugh wins
(b) The Duke of Lancaster breaks it up
(c) It's a draw
(d) Roger wins

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

12. 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) Philippa
(c) Gibbon
(d) Hugh

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

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

15. What does Katherine tell John when she returns to Bordeaux?
(a) She fell in love with Nirac and they are eloping
(b) She's pregnant with his child
(c) She feels she's still married to Hugh and cannot be unfaithful to his memory
(d) She has changed her mind and wants to become a nun

Short Answer Questions

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

2. John exits the obligatory mass for Blanche and encounters an angry mob who claim that:

3. What assumption has Katherine made about her release from the convent?

4. Why can't Katherine go home?

5. To whom do the king and John pledge their allegiance when the Old King dies?

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