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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What announcement does the Duke of Lancaster make when he arrives?
(a) Henry Trastamare has usurped the throne of Castile
(b) Henry prefers to be known as Harry, Prince of Wales
(c) Henry Trastamare has sailed with Christopher Columbus to the New World
(d) Henry won't attend the festivities

2. Describe the condition of Kettlethorpe when Katherine first arrives:
(a) Burned to the ground, smoke rising from its ashes
(b) Dilapidated, abandoned, in need of repair
(c) A little shabby but nothing that can't be fixed in a week
(d) Beautifully manicured

3. In Parliament, the king seems to be interested only in:
(a) Having lunch with Alice Perrers
(b) The way he is dressed
(c) Taking a nap after the session
(d) Getting a measure passed for the hanging of Alice Perrers

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

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

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

7. Whose husband leads the angry mob?
(a) Emma's husband, Guy le Pessoner
(b) Philippa's husband, Geoffrey
(c) Costanza's husband, the duke
(d) Jack, Hawise's husband

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

9. To whom do the king and John pledge their allegiance when the Old King dies?
(a) Richard, the Prince of Wales's son
(b) Brother William, friar
(c) The Earl of March
(d) The Earl of Sussex

10. To whom is Philippa engaged?
(a) Geoffrey Chaucer
(b) Roger DeCheyne
(c) The King's Squire
(d) The Duke of Lancaster

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

12. When John returns to celebrate St. George's Day, what does Katherine find Hawise doing in her bedroom?
(a) Removing the bed so that John and Katherine cannot conceive
(b) Taking a nap in the big bed
(c) Shaking a roawn branch over the bed and muttering a curse hoping that Katherine will no longer conceive
(d) Ironing the bed sheets so they're very crisp

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

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

15. Katherine goes to the Chapel to visit Blanches' body and finds the duke there. What does he tell her?
(a) He's giving Bolingbroke to the convent
(b) To stay until he feels better
(c) He wishes he had caught the Plague so he could be dead with Blanche
(d) To leave

Short Answer Questions

1. Who prevents Nichola from drowning the newborn baby?

2. Katherine goes to mass and runs into John, disguised as a pilgrim. He tells her:

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

4. What does Geoffrey Chaucer feel about Katherine's relationship with John?

5. When Katherine reaches Hugh in Aquitaine, he's as ill-tempered as ever. But he softens up when she tells him about:

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