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

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

3. The Duke manages to get Katherine to go to Aquitaine under what pretense?
(a) Women are now being drafted and it's her time to go
(b) The army needs a seamstress to repair the country's war flags
(c) She needs to join other wives who are serving as nurses
(d) She needs to tend to Hugh who has been injured in battle

4. Whose husband leads the angry mob?
(a) Costanza's husband, the duke
(b) Jack, Hawise's husband
(c) Philippa's husband, Geoffrey
(d) Emma's husband, Guy le Pessoner

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Nirac describe Costanza's appearance?

4. Why can't Katherine go home?

5. Describe the condition of Kettlethorpe when Katherine first arrives:

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

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

7. 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?

8. Who helps Katherine deliver her baby daughter, and what happens right after the umbilical cord is cut?

9. 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?

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

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