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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. Who orders Katherine to Kennington?
2. Katherine and John visit Hugh's tomb. After which, what happens?
3. John has one request in his letter to Katherine:
4. As Katherine approaches Walsingham, she thinks of one word to describe her life since leaving the convent. What is that word?
5. Lady Julian helps Katherine realize and feel the real love of God. Katherine then surprises herself by returning to:
Short Essay Questions
1. King Richard turned out to be quite deceptive. Do you think he got what he deserved in the end?
2. Describe Katherine's appearance after she decides she is responsible for the friar's death and her daughter's disappearance.
3. Katherine regains her memory of the events following Brother William's death and the flight of Blanchette. Where and to whom does she go to seek help in finding Blanchette?
4. How does Thomas, Katherine's first child and her son with Hugh, feel about her?
5. It is ironic that Katherine goes back to Kettlethorpe?
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. At the raucous wedding of Henry of Bolingbroke to Anne of Bohemia, Robin, playing a comic character called the Lord of Misrule shouts: "Now shall each man kiss the lady of his heart!" He kisses Katherine. How does the duke respond to this incident?
8. What comment does Baron de la Pole make about Katherine that displeases the duke but might be very true politically?
9. Does Katherine have a "happy ever after" ending?
10. Katherine goes to the Pessoners for safety. What she discover there?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Despite his charisma, John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster, has many insecurities. Describe these insecurities and how they shape his character.
Essay Topic 3
Is it ironic that in Bordeaux, while Katherine tends to her ailing husband and the duke declares his undying love for her, she says she cannot be unfaithful to Hugh? Talk about the internal, emotional tug-of-war that Katherine experiences when it comes to her love for the duke and her feelings toward her abusive husband Hugh.
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