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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. Who does the king's squire, Robin, think is a challenge for the duke?
(a) Costanza
(b) The wealthy bishops
(c) Katherine and Costanza
(d) The peasants

2. Where is Katherine buried?
(a) In a small Swynford family plot
(b) Lincoln Cathedral
(c) The National Cathedral
(d) St. Paul's Cathedral

3. At one point, Cob whispers to himself: "I didn't rightly believe 'twould ever happen." What did he not believe would happen?
(a) He didn't think he'd become an agnostic
(b) He didn't think the Pessonners would ever let him inside with Katherine
(c) That the peasants would be declared free and that feudalism was abolished
(d) He didn't think that Katherine would ever fall in love with him

4. What does John realize is causing his insanity?
(a) His lack of war victories
(b) Deep grief from childhood. Isolda promised him she wouldn't leave him then died
(c) The women in his life
(d) He still has no idea. He thinks he's fine and that everyone around him has some silly idea he's crazy

5. Guy Pessoner visits Katherine and tells her that the king, Princess Joan, the archbishop, the treasurer, and a few other lords have hidden themselves in the tower because:
(a) The king needs help getting over his fear of heights
(b) The king and his coterie enjoy literally looking down on the peasants
(c) The mobs of peasants, angry over the tax poll and feudalism, are after them
(d) The king feels he's neglected the tower and wants to revisit it

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Katherine feel about being back at Kettlethorpe?

2. Although Wat the tiler dresses up for his meeting with the king and tries to befriend the king, the king's squire calls Wat, "the greatest knave and robber in all Kent" because he shows no respect for the king. What happens to Wat after the squire's statement?

3. As the Savoy explodes and peasants pillage its wine cellars, Cob stares at Katherine lying unconscious on the ground. He considers stealing her purse but stops. Why?

4. What does the duke do with his children on Maundy Thursday?

5. John Ball leads mobs across England, demanding the heads of:

Short Essay Questions

1. To what country is the duke assigned, and to do what?

2. Where is Katherine now?

3. How does Thomas, Katherine's first child and her son with Hugh, feel about her?

4. It is now 1395. What has happened to Costanza?

5. Why is the preacher John Ball imprisoned?

6. Who is Lady Julian and what does she help Katherine do?

7. After the king's men kill Wat the tiler, the king rides up to the front rebel lines and declares himself their leader, the leader they had hoped for. The rebels cheer. Why do you think the rebels are so quick to embrace Richard?

8. Katherine regains her memory of the events following Brother William's death and the flight of Blanchette. Where and to whom does she go to seek help in finding Blanchette?

9. Just as Katherine and Blanchette have repaired their tenuous relationship, what happens that makes Blanchette go back to mistrusting and even hating Katherine?

10. What does the duke learn when he is denied re-entry into England?

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