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

2. Why does Geoffrey send Philippa to stay at Kettlethorpe?
(a) He needs to be alone in London so he can write
(b) He has no money left to support her for the time being
(c) He doesn't give a reason
(d) So that she'll be away from the plague in London

3. Katherine goes back to the Pessoners' and asks Hawise to:
(a) Serve as her personal chef
(b) Attend mass with her
(c) Sew a really nice dress for her
(d) Serve as her maid

4. What does Geoffrey Chaucer feel about Katherine's relationship with John?
(a) He could care less
(b) He approves
(c) He thinks it will be great source material for his next work
(d) That it's inappropriate

5. What worries Hawise about the affair between John and Katherine?
(a) That Katherine might take another lover
(b) That John will tire of Katherine
(c) That if something goes wrong, she will be in trouble
(d) That she will not have enough energy to look after the many children they plan to have

Short Answer Questions

1. The Earl of March envies John, but thinks he has one strength and advantage that John does not:

2. The Duke manages to get Katherine to go to Aquitaine under what pretense?

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

4. Why does the duke insist on seeing Katherine before remarrying?

5. When Raulin and three men show up to escort Katherine and Hawise to Kettlethorpe, he mentions he has some letters from the duke to be delivered to people in Lincoln. Katherine is disappointed because the letters are not for her, but for:

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Katherine's journey on the ship to Bordeaux.

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

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

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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