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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To whom is Hugh indebted?
(a) Geoffrey Chaucer
(b) John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster
(c) Alice Perrers
(d) The King

3. Although Wat the tiler dresses up for his meeting with the king and tries to befriend the king, the king's squire calls Wat, "the greatest knave and robber in all Kent" because he shows no respect for the king. What happens to Wat after the squire's statement?
(a) Nothing. Everyone, including the king, ignores the squire
(b) The king slaps Wat and tells him to kneel on the ground before him
(c) The king tells his squire he is greatly mistaken, then fires his squire
(d) He gets killed by the king's men

4. The Duke goes into seclusion after Blanche's burial, permitting only this person to see him:
(a) The king
(b) Geoffrey Chaucer
(c) Hugh Swynford
(d) Raulin d'Ypres, his young Flemish body squire

5. What mode of transport does Katherine use when leaving the convent?
(a) A pumpkin-shaped carriage
(b) None. She walks.
(c) Horse and buggy
(d) Horse

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Costanza eager to make a pilgrimage to Canterbury?

2. Who prevents Nichola from drowning the newborn baby?

3. John exits the obligatory mass for Blanche and encounters an angry mob who claim that:

4. What happens when Richard asks Thomas Swynford to try on the heavy crown?

5. Whose husband leads the angry mob?

(see the answer key)

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