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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 does Bolingbroke, the home of the Lancasters, compare with Kettlethorpe?
2. After reversing the Parliament's measures, John still has two significant enemies:
3. Who, to Katherine's dismay, is in attendance at the ceremony commemorating the death of Blanche, the duke's first wife?
4. 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?
5. In addition to dystentery, what else plagues Hugh?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who breaks up the fight between Roger DeCheyne and Hugh Swynford? And how does Katherine react to this?
2. Nirac becomes a pivotal character in this part of the duke and Katherine's lives. What does he do?
3. Despite seeing the cross at the entrance to Bolingbroke that indicates the estate has been contaminated by the Plague, Katherine goes in. Why does she take such a risk?
4. What does Philippa, Katherine's older sister, say in a letter that upsets Katherine deeply?
5. Who helps Katherine deliver her baby daughter, and what happens right after the umbilical cord is cut?
6. 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?
7. Why does the duke become the "target of an angry, puzzled England"?
8. Costanza tells John that she had a dream. What did she dream that sets this chapter into motion?
9. Describe Katherine's journey on the ship to Bordeaux.
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
Nirac the Gascon and loyal servant to the Duke of Lancaster is one of the more interesting characters in the entire story. Loyalty is a theme that recurs throughout the story on many levels. Explain why Nirac is originally very loyal to the duke and why that loyalty is eventually tested. Could things have turned out differently for Nirac?
Essay Topic 2
When the duke leaves the church where he attended a commemorative mass for Blanche, he encounters a mob that accuses him of being the son of a Flemish butcher and not the king's son. Why is this accusation so divisive? Why must the duke fight so hard to prove this accusation wrong?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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