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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What worries Katherine when she learns that both Trastamare and King Charles of France have died?
(a) She worries that John will move to France and love a French woman
(b) She worries that Costanza will move to France and make John come there, too
(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

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

5. How old is Katherine now?
(a) Forty-five
(b) Fifty-five
(c) It's unclear. The narrator doesn't ever reveal Katherine's true age
(d) Sixty-five

6. Right before John leaves for Scotland, Katherine has a fit and says:
(a) She thinks their love is in danger
(b) She saw the Pooka Hound of Kettelthorpe
(c) She doesn't like Scotland, so they'll have to arrange meeting elsewhere
(d) She is expecting twins

7. What does Father Oswald refuse to grant Katherine after she confesses?
(a) Absolution
(b) Forgiveness
(c) Annulment of her marriage to Hugh
(d) A meeting with the Pope

8. When Blanchette, who loves Robin, refuses to marry Ralph of Hastings, what does she say to Katherine?
(a) She tells Katherine she's wonderful and glad to have half-siblings
(b) She says nothing, thinking the silent treatment is the best response
(c) She calls Katherine the duke's creature who gives birth to his bastards
(d) She calls Katherine a lovely creature

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

10. Whose life does Katherine save during the king's visit?
(a) Cob o'Fenton, a loyal servant to the Swyndons
(b) Father Oswald
(c) Blanchette
(d) Percy of Northumberland

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

12. Katherine and John visit Hugh's tomb. After which, what happens?
(a) John says he is leaving England forever and wants her to come with him
(b) John announces he is leading a regiment into Prussia
(c) John confesses that he was remarried again
(d) John asks her to marry him

13. 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 is punishing herself with memories of Hugh
(d) She now appreciates it

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

15. How does Cob manage to gain entry for himself and Katherine into the Pessoners' home?
(a) He bangs the door down
(b) He sneaks in the through the back, which is unlocked
(c) He gives them a barrel of fine wine he took from the castle
(d) He offers Katherine's purse with the jewels inside

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Cob do to reawaken the unconscious Katherine?

3. Katherine's daughter Joan says her brother Thomas hates the king, saying he describes the king as:

4. Now legitimately married to John, and their children legitimized as well, Katherine is back at Windsor Castle. But are the ladies in court happy to have her back?

5. 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?

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