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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Catalina wonder about the house that she is taken to live at on the Strand?
(a) Whether it is fit for a princess.
(b) Whether anyone has died there.
(c) Whether any other princesses have lived there.
(d) Whether she will eventually be imprisoned there.

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

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

4. What is a battle being fought over at the beginning of "The Constant Princess"?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Honor.
(c) Land.
(d) Taxes.

5. In what year does the story begin?
(a) 1511.
(b) 1472.
(c) 1508.
(d) 1491.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Catalina watch depart from a pier in Chapter 3?

2. Who is Edward Stafford?

3. What does Henry admit about his wife in Chapter 3?

4. How does Arthur treat Catalina unkindly in Chapter 4?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Catalina think about the future on her way to London?

2. What does Catalina tell Doña Elvira their two options are now that Arthur is dead?

3. Whom does Catalina send for immediately upon returning to Croydon Palace after Arthur's death?

4. What is Catalina and Arthur's relationship like at the beginning of the chapter, "Oxford, Christmas 1501"?

5. What does Catalina thank Arthur for when they first meet? What is his reply?

6. What do Catalina and Arthur talk about during their evenings alone together?

7. What does Catalina do to avoid making love with Arthur in the chapter, "Oxford, Christmas 1501"?

8. What is Arthur's final request of Catalina before his death?

9. In "Oxford, Christmas 1501", what does Catalina say she wishes Arthur to realize?

10. How does Catalina's mother keep her husband's affairs in check?

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