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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Katherine find Philippa's letter so upsetting?
2. What important event takes place in April 1369?
3. What does Roger DeCheyne ask Katherine for?
4. Why does Katherine not hesitate to go into the plague-contaminated Bolingbroke?
5. What does Katherine try to prevent the servants from doing shortly before she gives birth?
Short Essay Questions
1. At first, the atmosphere surrounding Blanches' funeral and burial is very solemn, very sad. But it turns jovial and circus-like during the supper at court. What happens?
2. Describe Bolingbroke. How is it different from Kettlethorpe?
3. In this new phase of Katherine's life, she lives in the Inner Court at Kenilworth Castle. Once again, she is quite different from the Katherine at the beginning of the story, and the Katherine who was outwardly loyal and devoted to her abusive husband Hugh. Describe how she is once again different.
4. Nirac becomes a pivotal character in this part of the duke and Katherine's lives. What does he do?
5. Was it foolish of Katherine to refuse an escort back to Kettlethorpe? Why or why not?
6. Describe changes in Katherine now from the Katherine introduced at the start of this story:
7. Despite Hugh's death and pledging their undying love for each other, Katherine and the duke cannot marry. Why?
8. Despite his love for Katherine, who is the Duke of Lancaster hoping to marry, and why?
9. What does Philippa, Katherine's older sister, say in a letter that upsets Katherine deeply?
10. What happens to the duke after he exits the commemorative mass for Blanche, and how does he react?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Religion plays a large role in the daily lives of people in the middle ages. Explain how two of Katherine's experiences--when she sees the "pyx" pass the Chaucer home and when Hugh's sword falls to the floor at the abbey-- demonstrate this point.
Essay Topic 2
Katherine versus Costanza. What does each woman bring to the duke? And what do we learn about the duke's ambitions and his insecurities by marrying Costanza?
Essay Topic 3
At the start of Katherine's story, she leaves the convent for the Queen's court in the company of two nuns and the lustful Long Will. Katherine has great hopes for her life and for finding love. Yet the author writes: "It was a sad pity she could hope for no great marriage". Why does the author say this? Is Katherine doomed?
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