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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Catalina snap her fingers while dancing?
(a) To draw attention to herself.
(b) As a code to indicate she is bored.
(c) As part of a Spanish dance.
(d) To get Arthur to stop staring.

2. Where do Henry and Arthur travel the day after they inspect Catalina?
(a) Windsor.
(b) Bath.
(c) Westminster.
(d) York.

3. What would Catalina's mother do when her father became enamored with other women?
(a) Have the women arrested.
(b) Execute the women.
(c) Marry the women off.
(d) Threaten her husband.

4. What roles does Dr. de Puebla take on in Chapter 6?
(a) Father figure to Catalina.
(b) Advisor to the King and Queen of Spain.
(c) Psychiatrist.
(d) Spanish Ambassador.

5. Whom is Catalina traveling with at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Royal guards.
(b) Her parents.
(c) A group of nuns.
(d) A governess.

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

7. Which castle is Arthur told to go to in Chapter 3?
(a) Ludlow Castle.
(b) Greenwich Castle.
(c) Hever Castle.
(d) Arundel Castle.

8. Where is Catalina sent to be married?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.

9. When Arthur realizes what Catalina did to avoid sleeping with him, what does he vow?
(a) To have her beaten.
(b) To love her anyway.
(c) Never to speak to her again.
(d) To have their marriage annulled.

10. What is a duenna?
(a) A chaperone.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A female relation.
(d) A tutor.

11. What does Arthur often beg Catalina for at Ludlow?
(a) For advice about ruling the country.
(b) To be allowed to spend the night with her.
(c) To speak to his father on his behalf.
(d) Stories about her childhood.

12. Where is Catalina taken to live on the Strand in Chapter 6?
(a) Hampstead House.
(b) Thames House.
(c) Durham House.
(d) Colling House.

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

14. What does Dr. de Puebla ask Catalina which she refuses to answer?
(a) About her health.
(b) About her husband's death.
(c) About her virginity.
(d) About her intention to remarry.

15. What does Catalina tell Doña Elvira will happen if they return to Spain?
(a) Doña Elvira will be blamed for Arthur's death.
(b) Catalina will be sent to a convent.
(c) She will be married to a noble of low status.
(d) Catalina's family will disown her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry say of Catalina at the reception?

2. Where do Catalina and Arthur stop for several days in Chapter 4?

3. When Catalina meets King Henry, what does she suggest of him?

4. What does Dr. de Puebla recall about Catalina as a child?

5. What is Catalina's first impression of Arthur?

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