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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) They are quiet because they remain suspicious
(b) They attack him
(c) They remain quiet, and one of them says they need to consider his statement
(d) They cheer, because he has fulfilled their wishes

2. What does Richard do after the Duke of Lancaster's death?
(a) He kicks Katherine and her children out of Windsor
(b) He confiscates all of the Lancastrian estates
(c) He goes into seclusion in the tower and mourns his death for six months
(d) He executes every last member of the Lancaster clan

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

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

5. 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 mobs of peasants, angry over the tax poll and feudalism, are after them
(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 king and his coterie enjoy literally looking down on the peasants

6. Thomas Swynford is now nineteen and a knight. Who does he serve?
(a) Henry of Bolingbroke, his half brother
(b) Princess Joan
(c) Costanza, the Queen of Castile
(d) The Duke of Lancaster

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

8. Right before Brother William dies, what does he tell Katherine about Hugh's death?
(a) He believes Geoffrey Chaucer poisoned Hugh's medicine
(b) He believes John's sister Isabel was behind it
(c) He wishes it had happened sooner
(d) He believes she and the duke orchestrated it

9. Katherine initially decides against seeing John again. But Harry convinces her to be a part of the reunion because:
(a) He is afraid of being alone with John
(b) He has hired a portrait artist to paint all of them together
(c) Leaving might prejudice the children against him
(d) He hasn't had time to arrange an escort for her to go elsewhere

10. Janet, Katherine's daughter-in-law, has a theory about why Katherine doesn't see her son Thomas much. What is Janet's theory?
(a) Katherine thinks Thomas is unpleasant like his late father
(b) Katherine prefers her illegitimate children with thedDuke to her natural children with Hugh
(c) Katherine doesn't like Janet
(d) Katherine is removing herself from society

11. While staying at the Pessoners' home for her safety, Katherine discovers that Hawise's husband is gathering arms to do what?
(a) To give to the Cantons
(b) To give to the French
(c) Practice shooting
(d) Use against the duke

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

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

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

15. Where is Costanza while the duke and Katherine publicly travel around England together?
(a) In Hertford
(b) In Paris
(c) In Castile
(d) In Stratford-Upon-Avon

Short Answer Questions

1. Robin, playing the Lord of Misrule, shouts "Now shall each man kiss the lady of his heart!" He then kisses:

2. How old is Katherine now?

3. Who does Philippa call an "ill-tempered virgin"?

4. Lady Julian helps Katherine realize and feel the real love of God. Katherine then surprises herself by returning to:

5. What is the reaction of the servants to Katherine's return to Kettlethorpe?

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