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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. Katherine goes to the Chapel to visit Blanches' body and finds the duke there. What does he tell her?
(a) He wishes he had caught the Plague so he could be dead with Blanche
(b) To stay until he feels better
(c) To leave
(d) He's giving Bolingbroke to the convent

2. After the queen finally meets Katherine, what does she order for the convent?
(a) Wine, money, and a novice with a dowry
(b) A declaration to close the convent
(c) Wine
(d) Wine and a novice with no dowry

3. Why does Katherine decide to ride her horse to visit the Duchess of Lancaster?
(a) She thinks Doucette, her horse, needs exercise
(b) She learns that Blanche, the Duchess, is also pregnant and rides her horse all of the time
(c) She sees it as an opportunity to try to lose the baby
(d) The servants refuse to take her

4. What does Katherine tell Hugh before he leaves for war?
(a) She's leaving him and not to look for her
(b) He must stop at the Lancaster estate for a blessing first
(c) That she's pregnant
(d) She has discovered that she cannot have children

5. When Katherine reaches Hugh in Aquitaine, he's as ill-tempered as ever. But he softens up when she tells him about:
(a) The money they're making from their estates
(b) A new wine venture she has started that's sure to be successful
(c) Their children
(d) A magic potion that will heal him instantly

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Katherine respond to John's amorous declaration?

2. Whose husband leads the angry mob?

3. What worries Hawise about the affair between John and Katherine?

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

5. In Parliament, the king seems to be interested only in:

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the duke become the "target of an angry, puzzled England"?

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

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

5. Despite his love for Katherine, who is the Duke of Lancaster hoping to marry, and why?

6. Shortly after her wedding, Katherine and Hugh stop at Waltham Abbey, where they visit a shrine containing a large black cross. What happens to Hugh at the shrine that foreshadows dark events to come?

7. Who breaks up the fight between Roger DeCheyne and Hugh Swynford? And how does Katherine react to this?

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

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

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

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