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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John realize is causing his insanity?
(a) His lack of war victories
(b) The women in his life
(c) Deep grief from childhood. Isolda promised him she wouldn't leave him then died
(d) He still has no idea. He thinks he's fine and that everyone around him has some silly idea he's crazy

2. Why does the duke insist on seeing Katherine before remarrying?
(a) He wants to see if he's over her
(b) He wants her permission to marry a queen
(c) He wants to know if, because Katherine was close to Blanche, she thinks Blanche would approve of the union
(d) He wants her opinion of his wedding attire

3. Suddenly, Blanchette becomes ill for a month. Who looks after her during her illness?
(a) Henry of Bolingbroke and his new bride
(b) Ralph of Hastings and his mother
(c) Katherine and Brother William
(d) Katherine and Costanza

4. The king reads the message from John and decides:
(a) John will stay in Scotland and Percy will be welcomed to England
(b) Percy of Northumberland's actions had no royal sanction, so he welcomes John back to England
(c) He cannot decipher John's strange message so nothing happens
(d) Percy of Northumberland did the right thing and will be rewarded

5. Who prevents Nichola from drowning the newborn baby?
(a) Blanche
(b) The Duke of Lancaster
(c) Hugh
(d) Gibbon

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offers to take a message to the king on John's behalf?

2. After reversing the Parliament's measures, John still has two significant enemies:

3. Why does John turn down the idea that he should stay in Scotland because the people here love him and will likely give him an army?

4. What does Brother William say John Ball is now preaching to the serfs?

5. How does Katherine know the plague has contaminated Bolingbroke when she arrives?

(see the answer key)

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