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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Although Richard has remarried to an eight year old, he occasionally thinks of his dead wife Anne. What are his thoughts regarding her?
(a) He misses her laughter
(b) He has suspicions that she was murdered
(c) He should have married someone else
(d) He wishes she were alive and that his current wife could be his mistress

2. What illness does Philippa have?
(a) Pancreatic cancer
(b) Thyroid disease
(c) Old age
(d) Breast cancer

3. What does Katherine find at the duke's gatehouse that brands him a traitor?
(a) The Duke's shield, painted in red
(b) A ten-foot high cross, painted in black
(c) A four-foot high cross, painted red
(d) The duke's shield, turned upside down

4. Why does John turn down the idea that he should stay in Scotland because the people here love him and will likely give him an army?
(a) John confesses he doesn't like the Scots
(b) He cannot be without Katherine
(c) John says he's not a traitor and stands by his king
(d) John confesses he can't communicate with the Scots because of their accent

5. Whose life does Katherine save during the king's visit?
(a) Blanchette
(b) Cob o'Fenton, a loyal servant to the Swyndons
(c) Father Oswald
(d) Percy of Northumberland

6. Katherine stays in a pilgrim hotel in Waltham. She hears the king will be arriving and hopes:
(a) That he will bring her back into the royal fold
(b) That he has seen Blanchette
(c) That the Duke of Lancaster will be with him
(d) That he doesn't recognize her

7. What does Father Oswald suggest for Katherine?
(a) To cover herself in a black robe so no one will see her
(b) Since there's no hope for her, she should continue living this way
(c) True contrition: give up her '
(d) He thinks there's a slight chance she could change, so he offers her a job at this church

8. Where does Richard die?
(a) In Windsor Castle
(b) In France
(c) In Waltham Abbey
(d) In a remote castle where he starves to death under the constable, Thomas Swynford

9. Henry returns to England and Richard is forced to:
(a) Divorce his eight-year-old wife
(b) Share the throne with Henry
(c) Publicly apologize for lying to peasants
(d) Abdicate the throne in favor of Henry

10. Katherine's daughter Joan says her brother Thomas hates the king, saying he describes the king as:
(a) Uglier than the Hunchback of Notre Dame
(b) Scarier than the devil
(c) Womanish, soft-bellied and two-tongued
(d) So sickly he could knock him down by just touching him

11. What confession does Pieter make when surrounded by Appleton and others?
(a) He says that the Bishop Courtenay paid him to make placards about the falseness of John's heritage
(b) That Alice Perrers is John's real mother
(c) That Bishop Courtenay is in fact John's father
(d) That Katherine and John are actually siblings

12. On what day of what year does Henry of Bolingbroke get married?
(a) July 15, 1380
(b) March 15, 1380
(c) New Year's Day, 1380
(d) Christmas Day, 1380

13. What worries Katherine when she learns that both Trastamare and King Charles of France have died?
(a) She worries that John will move to France and love a French woman
(b) She worries that she'll have to study French
(c) She worries that Costanza will move to France and make John come there, too
(d) With the opportunity for England to take Castile, Costanza may not tolerate having Katherine around

14. Guy Pessoner visits Katherine and tells her that the king, Princess Joan, the archbishop, the treasurer, and a few other lords have hidden themselves in the tower because:
(a) The king and his coterie enjoy literally looking down on the peasants
(b) The king needs help getting over his fear of heights
(c) The king feels he's neglected the tower and wants to revisit it
(d) The mobs of peasants, angry over the tax poll and feudalism, are after them

15. Where is the trial of John Wyclef held, and why there?
(a) Savoy Castle, as John insisted on having it on his territory
(b) Windsor Castle, since it's large enough for the throngs attending
(c) Wembley Stadium, since it's large enough to hold the massive crowds
(d) St. Paul's Cathedral, as huge crowds are attending

Short Answer Questions

1. King Richard rides right up the front line of rebels and tells them that he is now their leader as they wished him to be. How do the rebels react?

2. Who tries to help Katherine and Blanchette escape from the angry mobs?

3. Richard has no heir, which raises his suspicions toward Katherine. Why?

4. What does Richard do after the Duke of Lancaster's death?

5. At one point, Cob whispers to himself: "I didn't rightly believe 'twould ever happen." What did he not believe would happen?

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