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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. Where is the trial of John Wyclef held, and why there?
2. King Richard and his queen are about to travel through England on a goodwill tour to boost his popularity. Their visit to Lincoln will be their first in how many years?
3. How old is Richard of Bordeaux when he's coronated?
4. Who is now the master at Kettlethorpe?
5. King Richard rides right up the front line of rebels and tells them that he is now their leader as they wished him to be. How do the rebels react?
Short Essay Questions
1. To what country is the duke assigned, and to do what?
2. Just as Katherine and Blanchette have repaired their tenuous relationship, what happens that makes Blanchette go back to mistrusting and even hating Katherine?
3. How does Thomas, Katherine's first child and her son with Hugh, feel about her?
4. When the news arrives that Trastamare and the king of France are dead, Spain and France are essentially both leaderless. The throne of Castile is now within the duke's grasp. Although Katherine worries about being around Costanza, what does she realize most about the duke's ambitions?
5. Katherine goes to the Pessoners for safety. What she discover there?
6. The Bishop Courtenay, one of the duke's enemies, tells the angry mobs to stop rioting and go home. What do the mobs do to "content" themselves in the meantime?
7. King Richard turned out to be quite deceptive. Do you think he got what he deserved in the end?
8. It is ironic that Katherine goes back to Kettlethorpe?
9. When John Beaufort comes to see Katherine at Kettlethorpe, what does he tell her?
10. Although Katherine and the duke are still not married, they openly show their relationship. What are some examples of how they do that?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
What are your thoughts on King Richard? Although he's very young, is he cleverer than he leads others to think? In the end, from what you know after reading this story, does he get what he deserves? Or did he end up being another victim in the royal infighting?
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