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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. In 1372, Costanza gives birth to a daughter named Catalina. What is that name's equivalent in English?
2. What announcement does the Duke of Lancaster make when he arrives?
3. Why do the servants resent the pregnant Katherine?
4. What does Geoffrey Chaucer feel about Katherine's relationship with John?
5. What important event takes place in April 1369?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to the duke after he exits the commemorative mass for Blanche, and how does he react?
2. Was it foolish of Katherine to refuse an escort back to Kettlethorpe? Why or why not?
3. Describe Katherine's journey on the ship to Bordeaux.
4. 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?
5. Alice Perrers experiences the House of Commons's most viral attack. Of what do they accuse her?
6. Who breaks up the fight between Roger DeCheyne and Hugh Swynford? And how does Katherine react to this?
7. 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.
8. Name some of the devastating events of 1369 and how they affect Kettlethorpe.
9. When Katherine arrives at the dilapidated Kettlethorpe, she meets Gibbon. What is Gibbon's role at the manor, and who is he in relation to Hugh?
10. When the duke and Katherine meet, he decides to make a personal blazon of arms for her. What reason does he give for doing this?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the circumstances in which Katherine and Costanza finally meet, and the duke's reaction (or lack of reaction) to the meeting. How does Seton portray these two women? Are they both sympathetic characters? Pathetic characters? Likeable? And in what light does she cast the duke in this instance?
Essay Topic 2
Symbols play a great part in the lives of people during the medieval years. Choose three symbols from the story and explain their significance to the characters involved.
Essay Topic 3
Fate is a theme that threads throughout the novel. Despite Katherine's dislike for Hugh, she resigns herself to marrying him. How does this example illustrate the concept of accepting one's fate?
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