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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disappoints Catalina about Ludlow Castle?
(a) Many people have been executed there.
(b) It is overrun by vermin.
(c) The rooms are cold and old-fashioned.
(d) There are no gardens.

2. Catalina is told to stay where she is until she is certain of what?
(a) That she is not pregnant.
(b) That her dowry has been refunded.
(c) That England is not going to war against Spain.
(d) That she will not be able to marry Harry.

3. How old is Catalina when she is sent away to be married?
(a) Thirteen years old.
(b) Twenty years old.
(c) Fifteen years old.
(d) Seventeen years old.

4. What does Catalina doubt her mother is comforted by?
(a) Spain's current security.
(b) Her relationship with God.
(c) Spain's wealth.
(d) Her father.

5. Where is a battle being fought at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Bilbao.
(b) Badalona.
(c) Granada.
(d) Sevilla.

6. Whom does Catalina watch depart from a pier in Chapter 3?
(a) English troops.
(b) King Henry.
(c) Her entourage.
(d) Arthur.

7. What is the name of King Henry's wife?
(a) Anne.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Mary.

8. Where does Catalina travel to after meeting Arthur and Henry?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Cornwall.
(c) Bristol.
(d) London.

9. Who is Catalina's mother?
(a) Maria of Spain.
(b) Honoria of Spain.
(c) Lucila of Spain.
(d) Isabella of Spain.

10. On what day is Arthur buried?
(a) Easter.
(b) St. Stephen's Day.
(c) Christmas Day.
(d) St. George's Day.

11. What do Catalina and Arthur enter the church on?
(a) A red carpet.
(b) Horseback.
(c) A gilded carriage.
(d) A raised platform.

12. What does Catalina hope to do when she and her husband rule England?
(a) Declare war on France.
(b) Spend half of her time in Spain.
(c) Preserve peace with Spain.
(d) Join England and Spain as a single nation.

13. What place does Catalina say she never wants to leave in the first section of "The Constant Princess"?
(a) Her bedroom.
(b) A garden.
(c) Spain.
(d) Her parents' home.

14. What does Catalina say she has realized about herself and Arthur?
(a) They will never get along.
(b) They are more friends than they are lovers.
(c) They have a lot in common.
(d) They are nothing alike.

15. What issue does Catalina ask Lady Margaret for advice about?
(a) Her unpaid dowry.
(b) Her pregnancy.
(c) Her husband's health.
(d) Warfare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry offer Catalina her pick of?

2. How is the camp destroyed in Chapter 1?

3. Whom does Catalina expect to die soon in Chapter 2?

4. What does Catalina wish for Arthur to know about her?

5. Why does Arthur note he is feeling kindly toward his wife in Chapter 4?

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