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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. What does Katherine realize about herself after hearing Geoffrey read the love poem?
(a) He's not a very talented writer
(b) She liked his comic poetry more than his romantic verse
(c) She makes all men who meet her fall in love with her
(d) She has never, and may never, experience true love

2. The Friar, Brother William, doesn't suspect Katherine of foul play in Hugh's death. Instead, he believes that:
(a) Hugh's bowel burst
(b) Hugh might have had a heart attack
(c) Hugh didn't want to live anymore
(d) Hugh died of internal bleeding

3. Why does Philippa end up sending Katherine to Bolingbroke?
(a) The living conditions at Kettlethorpe are horrible.
(b) She finds Katherine to be bad company
(c) Katherine cries for Blanche morning and night
(d) Katherine complains that Philippa is too bossy

4. What illness does Nichola, Hugh's stepmother, have?
(a) Psoriasis
(b) A bad heart
(c) Cancer
(d) Water-elf sickness

5. Nirac overhears John's declaration to Katherine. He decides to take matters into his own hands by:
(a) Poisoning Hugh
(b) Putting Hugh on the front lines in battle
(c) Poisoning Katherine
(d) Poisoning Costanza

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who, to Katherine's dismay, is in attendance at the ceremony commemorating the death of Blanche, the duke's first wife?

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

4. Initially, John tells Katherine he has called for her because:

5. What mode of transport does Katherine use when leaving the convent?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. Nirac becomes a pivotal character in this part of the duke and Katherine's lives. What does he do?

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

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

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

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

10. Despite seeing the cross at the entrance to Bolingbroke that indicates the estate has been contaminated by the Plague, Katherine goes in. Why does she take such a risk?

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