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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. Two years later the Duke of Lancaster dies after only how many years of being legitimately married to Katherine?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Four
(d) Three

2. 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 that Katherine would ever fall in love with him
(b) He didn't think he'd become an agnostic
(c) He didn't think the Pessonners would ever let him inside with Katherine
(d) That the peasants would be declared free and that feudalism was abolished

3. Where does Katherine feel she should now return?
(a) Scotland
(b) Sheppey, the convent
(c) Savoy, to rebuild it
(d) Swynford, her husband's home

4. Who does Katherine meet who helps her change her life around?
(a) Cob o'Fenton
(b) Lady Julian
(c) The King's squire
(d) Father Clement

5. 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?
(a) He gets killed by the king's men
(b) Nothing. Everyone, including the king, ignores the squire
(c) The king slaps Wat and tells him to kneel on the ground before him
(d) The king tells his squire he is greatly mistaken, then fires his squire

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Costanza while the duke and Katherine publicly travel around England together?

2. What does John realize is causing his insanity?

3. Who offers to take a message to the king on John's behalf?

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

5. When Blanchette, who loves Robin, refuses to marry Ralph of Hastings, what does she say to Katherine?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Katherine now?

2. 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?

3. Katherine and John enjoy only three married years together. She lives another four years, during which Richard confiscates all Lancastrian estates and watches her son Henry return to England and fight for his rights. Did you ever think she should have just remained at Kettlethorpe and not married the duke?

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

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

6. Cob o'Fenton goes to quite a lot of trouble to help Katherine get to safety after the angry peasants break into and destroy Savoy. However, what does he say when they are safe at the Pessoners and she drinks from his mug of ale?

7. 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?

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

9. Although Katherine and the duke are still not married, they openly show their relationship. What are some examples of how they do that?

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

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