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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How have John's concerns about his heritage affected him?
(a) He's obsessed, on the verge of madness
(b) Hardly, he's as cool as ever
(c) He's too busy to think about those problems
(d) He feels the matter is resolved and doesn't understand why others are still questioning whether he's the king's son

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

3. Who does the king's squire, Robin, think is a challenge for the duke?
(a) Katherine and Costanza
(b) The peasants
(c) Costanza
(d) The wealthy bishops

4. Katherine sends a letter to the duke. In it she asks him to:
(a) Keep her children with him because she's too ashamed to meet them again
(b) Look for Blanchette but not worry about the other children
(c) Be with Costanza, for she'll make him happier than Katherine ever could
(d) Send her children to Kettlethorpe where she will raise them

5. 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 prefers her illegitimate children with thedDuke to her natural children with Hugh
(b) Katherine thinks Thomas is unpleasant like his late father
(c) Katherine is removing herself from society
(d) Katherine doesn't like Janet

6. After signing truce agreements with Scotland, the duke suddenly learns he cannot:
(a) Live with Katherine anywhere in the kingdom
(b) Re-enter England.
(c) Walk
(d) Re-enter Castile

7. 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

8. 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 needs help getting over his fear of heights
(b) The mobs of peasants, angry over the tax poll and feudalism, are after them
(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

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

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

11. How does Katherine feel about being back at Kettlethorpe?
(a) She sees it as a chance to decorate it her way
(b) It makes her sick but she has to push herself to endure being there
(c) She now appreciates it
(d) She is punishing herself with memories of Hugh

12. In 1397, who did Richard have killed to save his throne?
(a) Guy le Pessoner, fishmonger
(b) Little Hotspur, Percy's son
(c) His uncle Thomas, Duke of Gloucester
(d) His uncle John, Duke of Lancaster

13. 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) He cannot be without Katherine
(b) John says he's not a traitor and stands by his king
(c) John confesses he can't communicate with the Scots because of their accent
(d) John confesses he doesn't like the Scots

14. 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) St. Paul's Cathedral, as huge crowds are attending
(d) Wembley Stadium, since it's large enough to hold the massive crowds

15. At the Pessoners, Geoffrey calls the hatred of the duke senseless and unjust. What does Katherine say about that?
(a) Katherine feels Geoffrey is being disloyal and unfair
(b) Katherine disagrees with Geoffrey because she too, now hates the duke
(c) She now believes it was God's punishment for her affair with John
(d) She completely agrees and wants to find a way to change people's minds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Katherine visits her beloved Blanche's tomb. In the tomb, she hears Blanche's voice and decides:

2. Katherine and John visit Hugh's tomb. After which, what happens?

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

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

5. What worries Katherine when she learns that both Trastamare and King Charles of France have died?

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