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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 and John visit Hugh's tomb. After which, what happens?
(a) John asks her to marry him
(b) John confesses that he was remarried again
(c) John announces he is leading a regiment into Prussia
(d) John says he is leaving England forever and wants her to come with him

2. Whose life does Katherine save during the king's visit?
(a) Father Oswald
(b) Cob o'Fenton, a loyal servant to the Swyndons
(c) Blanchette
(d) Percy of Northumberland

3. Lady Julian helps Katherine realize and feel the real love of God. Katherine then surprises herself by returning to:
(a) Savoy
(b) The Pessoners' home
(c) Kettlethorpe
(d) Sheppey Priory

4. What does Brother William say John Ball is now preaching to the serfs?
(a) They should join him in his chase after the duke in Scotland
(b) They want equal status and freedom with all men
(c) They should convert to Catholicism
(d) They should move to foreign countries and experience other cultures

5. What worries Katherine when she learns that both Trastamare and King Charles of France have died?
(a) She worries that John will move to France and love a French woman
(b) She worries that Costanza will move to France and make John come there, too
(c) With the opportunity for England to take Castile, Costanza may not tolerate having Katherine around
(d) She worries that she'll have to study French

Short Answer Questions

1. Right before Brother William dies, what does he tell Katherine about Hugh's death?

2. Katherine stays in a pilgrim hotel in Waltham. She hears the king will be arriving and hopes:

3. In a quiet, blissful moment, John and Katherine hear a shrill trumpet followed by the sight of a king's herald galloping toward the castle. John's tone changes into a "down-dragging voice". Why?

4. How is John Ball punished for inciting revolt against the poll tax?

5. Who orders Katherine to Kennington?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Katherine's appearance after she decides she is responsible for the friar's death and her daughter's disappearance.

2. The Bishop Courtenay, one of the duke's enemies, tells the angry mobs to stop rioting and go home. What do the mobs do to "content" themselves in the meantime?

3. While Katherine stays in a pilgrim hostel in Waltham, she learns that the king will soon be arriving there, too. What do some of the people there believe the king will be doing?

4. It is ironic that Katherine goes back to Kettlethorpe?

5. King Richard turned out to be quite deceptive. Do you think he got what he deserved in the end?

6. At the raucous wedding of Henry of Bolingbroke to Anne of Bohemia, Robin, playing a comic character called the Lord of Misrule shouts: "Now shall each man kiss the lady of his heart!" He kisses Katherine. How does the duke respond to this incident?

7. Katherine goes to the Pessoners for safety. What she discover there?

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. What comment does Baron de la Pole make about Katherine that displeases the duke but might be very true politically?

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

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