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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lady Julian helps Katherine realize and feel the real love of God. Katherine then surprises herself by returning to:
(a) Kettlethorpe
(b) Sheppey Priory
(c) The Pessoners' home
(d) Savoy

2. Katherine has great reservations about marrying Robert Sutton, now one of Lincoln's "foremost citizens". Why?
(a) He's never at home and hates bringing her on his travels
(b) She worries he'll love her children more than he says he loves her
(c) He's too unattentive, and she needs someone to fawn over her constantly
(d) He's possessive, and he doesn't seem to like children

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

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

5. Who orders Katherine to Kennington?
(a) Princess Joan, John's sister and mother of Prince Richard
(b) Hawise
(c) The King
(d) The Duke

6. 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 the ruins of Savoy
(b) To see Brother William's head
(c) The Pessoners' back yard
(d) To Blanche's tomb

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

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

9. Katherine manages to stop the duke on his rampage by telling him she no longer wears his ring because:
(a) It has lost its meaning
(b) It's too large
(c) She discovered he gave the same one to Costanza
(d) It's too small

10. 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) He sees the Swynford coat of arms which remind him of home and his long family history of loyalty to the Swynfords
(b) He would become a target of other peasants if the purse is found on him
(c) The purse reminds him of his long family history of stealing and he wants to break the cycle
(d) He knows that without her purse, Katherine stands less of a chance at survival than him

11. What does Cob do to reawaken the unconscious Katherine?
(a) He shakes her violently
(b) He slaps her a few times
(c) He rolls her into a nearby brook
(d) He waves ammonia under her nose

12. 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 Katherine and John are actually siblings
(c) That Alice Perrers is John's real mother
(d) That Bishop Courtenay is in fact John's father

13. Although Wat the tiler dresses up for his meeting with the king and tries to befriend the king, the king's squire calls Wat, "the greatest knave and robber in all Kent" because he shows no respect for the king. What happens to Wat after the squire's statement?
(a) He gets killed by the king's men
(b) Nothing. Everyone, including the king, ignores the squire
(c) The king slaps Wat and tells him to kneel on the ground before him
(d) The king tells his squire he is greatly mistaken, then fires his squire

14. What controversial statement does John Wyclef make about the sacredness of Mass?
(a) That it should not be held on Sundays, but on Wednesdays
(b) That the wine and the wafer should be replaced by brandy and cake
(c) The wine and the wafer are mere symbols, not the actual body and blood of Christ
(d) That the wine and the wafer are really the body and blood of the Virgin Mary

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Because Katherine doesn't deny that she had hoped for Hugh's death, what does Blanchette now believe?

2. Who offers to take a message to the king on John's behalf?

3. Who is making bloody threats against the king?

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

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

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