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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Robin, playing the Lord of Misrule, shouts "Now shall each man kiss the lady of his heart!" He then kisses:
(a) Eleanor
(b) Philippa
(c) Katherine
(d) Princess Joan

2. John Ball leads mobs across England, demanding the heads of:
(a) The Earl of March and Brother William
(b) Katherine Swynford and Costanza, Queen of Castile
(c) Brother William and Katherine Swynford
(d) Simon Sudbury, the Bishop, Robert Hales, the Treasurer, and John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster

3. What initially saves Katherine and Blanchette from the mob when they break into the palace?
(a) Their dull grey clothing. It conceals who they are.
(b) Their plain faces without makeup. They are unrecognizable without color.
(c) Their fake cockney accents, which make them sound like peasants.
(d) Their big English hats. It conceals their faces.

4. Where is Katherine buried?
(a) St. Paul's Cathedral
(b) The National Cathedral
(c) In a small Swynford family plot
(d) Lincoln Cathedral

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

6. What does John realize is causing his insanity?
(a) He still has no idea. He thinks he's fine and that everyone around him has some silly idea he's crazy
(b) Deep grief from childhood. Isolda promised him she wouldn't leave him then died
(c) His lack of war victories
(d) The women in his life

7. Suddenly, Blanchette becomes ill for a month. Who looks after her during her illness?
(a) Katherine and Costanza
(b) Ralph of Hastings and his mother
(c) Henry of Bolingbroke and his new bride
(d) Katherine and Brother William

8. The king reads the message from John and decides:
(a) Percy of Northumberland did the right thing and will be rewarded
(b) John will stay in Scotland and Percy will be welcomed to England
(c) He cannot decipher John's strange message so nothing happens
(d) Percy of Northumberland's actions had no royal sanction, so he welcomes John back to England

9. At Our Lady of Walsingham's shrine, what miracle does Katherine pray for?
(a) Blanchette's return
(b) John's return
(c) Hugh's return
(d) Costanza's death

10. At one point, Cob whispers to himself: "I didn't rightly believe 'twould ever happen." What did he not believe would happen?
(a) He didn't think he'd become an agnostic
(b) That the peasants would be declared free and that feudalism was abolished
(c) He didn't think that Katherine would ever fall in love with him
(d) He didn't think the Pessonners would ever let him inside with Katherine

11. In a conversation with Brother William, what does Katherine discover about the preacher John Ball?
(a) He has been released from prison and is starting riots in Kent
(b) He was released from prison for good behavior and is running for a seat in the House of Commons
(c) He has escaped the salt mines in Russia and is on his way to Scotland
(d) He has given up inciting riots and is just planning to assassinate the duke in Scotland

12. 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) Get on the next ship to anywhere because there's a reward for her head
(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's really in love with Costanza
(d) Give up her love for John because he foresees it ending in disaster

13. Who does Philippa call an "ill-tempered virgin"?
(a) Princess Joan
(b) Katherine
(c) Eleanor de Bohun
(d) Costanza

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When John Beaufort comes to see Katherine, he brings with him a letter from his father. On it is a seal which indicates:

2. Katherine manages to stop the duke on his rampage by telling him she no longer wears his ring because:

3. Right before John leaves for Scotland, Katherine has a fit and says:

4. What does the duke do with his children on Maundy Thursday?

5. In a quiet, blissful moment, John and Katherine hear a shrill trumpet followed by the sight of a king's herald galloping toward the castle. John's tone changes into a "down-dragging voice". Why?

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