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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four/Twenty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What keeps Katherine from going to Bolingbroke sooner?
(a) Violent rainstorms ruin the road to Bolingbroke
(b) She can't make up her mind if she really likes Blanche
(c) She has to wait until she can wean Thomas off her
(d) A robber stole her horse and Hugh won't give her another one

2. The meeting of the House of Commons yields several major accusations. The King's chamberlain, Lord Latimer, is accused of:
(a) Corruption and treason
(b) Trying to seize the throne
(c) Stealing from the poor and giving to the rich
(d) Impersonating the king

3. How does Nirac describe Costanza's appearance?
(a) So repulsive that it would be best to look elsewhere in her presence
(b) Plain and forgetful
(c) Exquisite, voluptuous, dressed in the most beautiful dresses
(d) Shabby, bony, flat-chested with a hair shirt to remind her of her father

4. Katherine reaches Blanche just in time to:
(a) Get a judge to annul Blanche's marriage to the duke
(b) Get a blessing to have an affair with the duke
(c) Get a priest to administer last rites
(d) Hear Blanche tell her that the duke is not who she thinks he is

5. Also at the House of Commons, Alice Perrers is accused of:
(a) Spying for the Castilians
(b) Putting a spell on the Queen
(c) Spying for the Italians
(d) Bribery, fraud, theft, and holding the king with witchcraft

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main message or theme of this chapter?

2. Who, to Katherine's dismay, is in attendance at the ceremony commemorating the death of Blanche, the duke's first wife?

3. Why does Katherine not hesitate to go into the plague-contaminated Bolingbroke?

4. Why does Katherine find Philippa's letter so upsetting?

5. Who orders Katherine to Kennington?

(see the answer key)

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