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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. How did Katherine's mother die?
2. What does Katherine tell Hugh before he leaves for war?
3. Who does Katherine encounter on the ship to Bordeaux?
4. Katherine visits the Pessoner home only to be suddenly called away by:
5. John has a dream in which he "felt the touch of the sacred oil as the archbishop anointed him and he had felt, vivid as in waking, the holy pressure" of a certain country's crown. What country's crown?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the duke become the "target of an angry, puzzled England"?
2. Katherine meets her future husband Hugh Swyndon in this chapter of the story. Why does Katherine have reservations about marrying this man?
3. Describe Bolingbroke. How is it different from Kettlethorpe?
4. Was it foolish of Katherine to refuse an escort back to Kettlethorpe? Why or why not?
5. Who helps Katherine deliver her baby daughter, and what happens right after the umbilical cord is cut?
6. Nirac becomes a pivotal character in this part of the duke and Katherine's lives. What does he do?
7. Name some of the devastating events of 1369 and how they affect Kettlethorpe.
8. 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?
9. Alice Perrers experiences the House of Commons's most viral attack. Of what do they accuse her?
10. When Katherine leaves the convent where she has lived for the past five years, she is excited because she has yearned to experience life outside the Sheppey Priory walls. During the journey to the queen's court, and upon her arrival, what kinds of people does she meet who make her quickly realize how protected a life she has led?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Do you think Nirac had any concept that putting the poison in Hugh's medicine would have such far-reaching consequences? By the time he dies, do you think he had any regrets about his past actions? Or does he feel he has done everything with honor?
Essay Topic 3
By the time John Ball has led mobs of angry peasants into London, it's clear that there is a great disconnect between the royals and the serfs. The serfs are fed up with their lot and can no longer take it. Can you think of protest in American history that is similar to the peasant's protests against the poll tax and feudalism of medieval England?
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