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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three/Fourteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Roger DeCheyne ask Katherine for?
(a) A big wet kiss
(b) A blessing before battle
(c) A promise to leave Hugh if he wins the joust
(d) A token for luck

2. Who is John interested in marrying?
(a) Costanza, Queen of Castile
(b) Elizabeth, Queen of England
(c) Alice Walker
(d) Alice Perrers

3. How does Katherine know the plague has contaminated Bolingbroke when she arrives?
(a) She sees a 10-foot high black cross hanging from the entry
(b) She sees a 4-foot high red cross painted at the bottom of the drawbridge
(c) Hugh comes rushing after her and tells her the news
(d) She sees servants' heads on pikes, the universal plague warning

4. Initially, John tells Katherine he has called for her because:
(a) He thinks Katherine took something valuable of Blanche's and wants it back
(b) He wants her to repeat word for word what the priest said when administering the last rites
(c) He wants her to tell him what Blanche wore when she died
(d) He wants to thank her for caring for Blanche at Bolingbroke

5. After the queen finally meets Katherine, what does she order for the convent?
(a) Wine
(b) A declaration to close the convent
(c) Wine and a novice with no dowry
(d) Wine, money, and a novice with a dowry

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Katherine encounter on the ship to Bordeaux?

2. When Raulin and three men show up to escort Katherine and Hawise to Kettlethorpe, he mentions he has some letters from the duke to be delivered to people in Lincoln. Katherine is disappointed because the letters are not for her, but for:

3. Who or what are the "four dread horsemen of the Apocalypse"?

4. Who prevents Nichola from drowning the newborn baby?

5. Why does Katherine decide to ride her horse to visit the Duchess of Lancaster?

(see the answer key)

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