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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. Describe Katherine's reaction to the pyx when it passes the Chaucer home?
2. What announcement does the Duke of Lancaster make when he arrives?
3. How did the Duchess's children evade the Plague?
4. All of the duke's men are happy except for Baron de la Pole. The Baron gets sent away for openly expressing his concerns to the duke. On his way to Havering, he meets Brother William Appleton who tells him something interesting about the duke. What does he tell Baron?
5. The meeting of the House of Commons yields several major accusations. The King's chamberlain, Lord Latimer, is accused of:
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens between Nirac and Hugh that foreshadows trouble ahead?
2. What happens to the duke after he exits the commemorative mass for Blanche, and how does he react?
3. What does Katherine do during her pregnancy that leads the servants to believe she might be losing her mind?
4. What is Richard's reaction when the duke--who calls himself King of Castile--pledges his allegiance to him? Why?
5. Why does the duke become the "target of an angry, puzzled England"?
6. Alice Perrers experiences the House of Commons's most viral attack. Of what do they accuse her?
7. 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?
8. Was it foolish of Katherine to refuse an escort back to Kettlethorpe? Why or why not?
9. Costanza tells John that she had a dream. What did she dream that sets this chapter into motion?
10. Who takes Katherine from the pier to Hugh's lodgings when she arrives in Bordeaux? And how does Hugh receive this escort?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Katherine first arrives at the castle with Blanche's funereal procession, the king is described as sad. not just because of the Duchess's death, but also because he recently became a widower himself. Yet, a short while later, the king's mistress, Alice Perrers, turns the royal dinner, held ostensibly to honor the life of Blanche, into a circus. First, describe the dinner setting. Although Alice doesn't have an official title or rank in the royal court, does this event demonstrate power she has over the king, and therefore also over the court?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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