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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. What does Catalina note her mother pawned to pay mercenaries?

2. What is a duenna?

3. Who is Edward Stafford?

4. Who pulled Henry's family back to power in the past?

5. What has Catalina prepared when Arthur comes to her room the second time in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Margaret think Arthur and Catalina should be sent together to Ludlow Castle?

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

3. What preparations does Catalina make to welcome Arthur after they reconcile on their way to Ludlow?

4. What is promised by the conquering Spaniards in "Granada"?

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

6. How does Arthur treat Catalina on their voyage after they leave Oxford?

7. How does King Henry try to cheer Catalina after her entourage returns to Spain?

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

9. Why does Catalina refuse to tell anyone she is not pregnant for so long?

10. Why is Catalina fearful of meeting Lady Margaret Pole?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the different roles of the English monarchy during the Tudor Era? What titles does Katherine hold during her marriages? What duties is she expected to perform?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Katherine's struggles while adapting to a new country and being away from her family. How does she deal with the homesickness she feels? Is she able to overcome this homesickness? What are some differences that Katherine notes between England and Spain, which takes some getting used to?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the death motif in the novel "The Constant Princess". Who dies in the novel and why? How do these deaths, particularly one, affect Katherine?

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