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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Duke goes into seclusion after Blanche's burial, permitting only this person to see him:
(a) Raulin d'Ypres, his young Flemish body squire
(b) Geoffrey Chaucer
(c) The king
(d) Hugh Swynford

2. What is the Captal's opinion of Katherine?
(a) He wishes Katherine were of a better rank
(b) Very low, he think she's a slut
(c) He doesn't reveal any thoughts on Katherine
(d) He thinks highly of her and that she would be a better wife than Costanza

3. Hugh takes the drink from Katherine and soon thereafter dreams of the Kettlethorpe Pooka Hound with "fiery-red eyes." What does the Pooka Hound symbolize?
(a) Nothing. He's just a crazy dog
(b) Sainthood
(c) Long life and prosperity
(d) Death

4. How does the duke react to news of Hugh's death?
(a) He thanks Nirac for being a great loyal servant
(b) With deep sadness
(c) With joy
(d) He snickers and says Hugh got what he deserved

5. What happens when Katherine goes alone to the courtyard?
(a) Hugh stands next to her but never utters a word
(b) Hugh reads her a love poem and seduces her
(c) Hugh attacks her and tries to rape her
(d) Hugh tells her he must return her to the convent

Short Answer Questions

1. The Duke's pious daughter Philippa worries about her father's relationship with Katherine because:

2. Whose husband leads the angry mob?

3. When John returns to celebrate St. George's Day, what does Katherine find Hawise doing in her bedroom?

4. How did the Duchess's children evade the Plague?

5. Why is Costanza eager to make a pilgrimage to Canterbury?

Short Essay Questions

1. Despite Hugh's death and pledging their undying love for each other, Katherine and the duke cannot marry. Why?

2. When Katherine arrives at the dilapidated Kettlethorpe, she meets Gibbon. What is Gibbon's role at the manor, and who is he in relation to Hugh?

3. In this new phase of Katherine's life, she lives in the Inner Court at Kenilworth Castle. Once again, she is quite different from the Katherine at the beginning of the story, and the Katherine who was outwardly loyal and devoted to her abusive husband Hugh. Describe how she is once again different.

4. Costanza tells John that she had a dream. What did she dream that sets this chapter into motion?

5. Describe changes in Katherine now from the Katherine introduced at the start of this story:

6. What does Philippa, Katherine's older sister, say in a letter that upsets Katherine deeply?

7. Katherine meets her future husband Hugh Swyndon in this chapter of the story. Why does Katherine have reservations about marrying this man?

8. What did you think of the duke when he expresses joy over Hugh's death?

9. What does Katherine do during her pregnancy that leads the servants to believe she might be losing her mind?

10. Describe Bolingbroke. How is it different from Kettlethorpe?

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