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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. How did the Duchess's children evade the Plague?
(a) They were on holiday in France where there is no Plague
(b) They were safe in the North Tower throughout the scourge
(c) They are actually Gascons, who are born with Plague immunity
(d) They hid underground where they could not contract the disease

2. Why is Costanza eager to make a pilgrimage to Canterbury?
(a) She hopes St. Thomas will make her beautiful, like Katherine
(b) She hopes St. Thomas will help her get more sleep
(c) She hopes St. Thomas will make Katherine magically disappear
(d) She hopes St. Thomas will help her become more fertile

3. What assumption has Katherine made about her release from the convent?
(a) That her sister Philippa has sent for her
(b) That she's being transferred to another convent
(c) That someone has hired her as a governess
(d) That a husband has been chosen for her and she will soon be married

4. Why can't Katherine go home?
(a) She doesn't have either enough money or an escort for the journey
(b) Hugh has banned her from Kettlethorpe
(c) She is sick with a bad cold
(d) She isn't given her usual five escorts, just three

5. The Earl of March envies John, but thinks he has one strength and advantage that John does not:
(a) The Earl is about to father a child who is closer to the throne than any of the Lancaster children
(b) He is a better swordsman
(c) He has fathered many bastard children
(d) He is expecting children with several royal women

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Katherine not hesitate to go into the plague-contaminated Bolingbroke?

2. To whom do the king and John pledge their allegiance when the Old King dies?

3. Also at the House of Commons, Alice Perrers is accused of:

4. When Hugh returns to Kettlethorpe from war, we discover he suffers from?

5. Katherine visits the Pessoner home only to be suddenly called away by:

Short Essay Questions

1. Alice Perrers experiences the House of Commons's most viral attack. Of what do they accuse her?

2. What happens between Nirac and Hugh that foreshadows trouble ahead?

3. What is Richard's reaction when the duke--who calls himself King of Castile--pledges his allegiance to him? Why?

4. Name some of the devastating events of 1369 and how they affect Kettlethorpe.

5. Katherine's sister Philippa is engaged to the writer Geoffrey Chaucer and her future seems set. While Philippa is concerned about her younger sister's welfare, she's also jealous of her. Why?

6. When Katherine leaves the convent where she has lived for the past five years, she is excited because she has yearned to experience life outside the Sheppey Priory walls. During the journey to the queen's court, and upon her arrival, what kinds of people does she meet who make her quickly realize how protected a life she has led?

7. Was it foolish of Katherine to refuse an escort back to Kettlethorpe? Why or why not?

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

9. What happens to the duke after he exits the commemorative mass for Blanche, and how does he react?

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

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