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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a conversation with Katherine, Brother William tells her that Pieter and the two monks have been banished to Cyprus. He also tells her to:
(a) Give up her love for John because he's really in love with Costanza
(b) Find a way to convince the king to allow unmarried couples to live without shame
(c) Give up her love for John because he foresees it ending in disaster
(d) Get on the next ship to anywhere because there's a reward for her head

2. Katherine visits her beloved Blanche's tomb. In the tomb, she hears Blanche's voice and decides:
(a) To go to Scotland and talk to the duke
(b) To make a pilgrimmage to Our Lady Walsingham
(c) To make a pilgrimmage to Canterbury
(d) To leave everything and everyone and disappear without a trace

3. Who is now the master at Kettlethorpe?
(a) John Ball
(b) Hawise's husband Jack
(c) Cob o'Fenton
(d) Robert Sutton

4. How old is Richard of Bordeaux when he's coronated?
(a) Ten
(b) Eight
(c) Thirteen
(d) Twelve

5. 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

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

7. What is the main message or theme of this chapter?
(a) That when you're stressed out, it's good to rest and wake up hungry
(b) If you're powerful, you will go crazy.
(c) That love conquers all.
(d) Always question who your parents are.

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

9. 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 should have married someone else
(b) He has suspicions that she was murdered
(c) He wishes she were alive and that his current wife could be his mistress
(d) He misses her laughter

10. What happens when Richard asks Thomas Swynford to try on the heavy crown?
(a) The Duke of Lancaster violently intervenes
(b) Thomas puts it on and falls to the ground
(c) Thomas suddenly becomes invisible
(d) The Earl of March violently intervenes

11. Where does Katherine feel she should now return?
(a) Swynford, her husband's home
(b) Sheppey, the convent
(c) Scotland
(d) Savoy, to rebuild it

12. Who offers to take a message to the king on John's behalf?
(a) Percy of Northumberland
(b) Robert Sutton
(c) Baron de la Pole
(d) Costanza, Queen of Castile

13. Because Katherine doesn't deny that she had hoped for Hugh's death, what does Blanchette now believe?
(a) There must have been a good, solid reason for Katherine's actions
(b) Brother William could have saved her father's life but didn't try
(c) Life is short and one must savor every moment
(d) Her mother murdered her father

14. Where does Katherine take Geoffrey to tell him about the guilt she feels and everything she now believes has gone wrong in her life?
(a) To see Brother William's head
(b) To Blanche's tomb
(c) To the ruins of Savoy
(d) The Pessoners' back yard

15. As the Savoy explodes and peasants pillage its wine cellars, Cob stares at Katherine lying unconscious on the ground. He considers stealing her purse but stops. Why?
(a) The purse reminds him of his long family history of stealing and he wants to break the cycle
(b) He sees the Swynford coat of arms which remind him of home and his long family history of loyalty to the Swynfords
(c) He would become a target of other peasants if the purse is found on him
(d) He knows that without her purse, Katherine stands less of a chance at survival than him

Short Answer Questions

1. 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:

2. Who is making bloody threats against the king?

3. How does Cob manage to gain entry for himself and Katherine into the Pessoners' home?

4. Katherine tries to get John to reveal the root of his fear. When he feels he can completely trust her with what is troubling him, he says her:

5. How have John's concerns about his heritage affected him?

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