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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Describe the condition of Kettlethorpe when Katherine first arrives:
(a) Dilapidated, abandoned, in need of repair
(b) Beautifully manicured
(c) A little shabby but nothing that can't be fixed in a week
(d) Burned to the ground, smoke rising from its ashes

2. As Katherine passes the skin market at Danesgate, she sees:
(a) Philippa
(b) A nun from the convent
(c) Costanza
(d) Alice Perrers

3. Katherine goes to the Chapel to visit Blanches' body and finds the duke there. What does he tell her?
(a) To leave
(b) To stay until he feels better
(c) He's giving Bolingbroke to the convent
(d) He wishes he had caught the Plague so he could be dead with Blanche

4. How does the duke react to news of Hugh's death?
(a) With deep sadness
(b) He thanks Nirac for being a great loyal servant
(c) He snickers and says Hugh got what he deserved
(d) With joy

5. Hugh is initially suspicious as to why the duke has forgiven his debts. When Katherine reassures him that it must be the Duke's way of thanking her for taking care of the Duchess, how does Hugh react?
(a) He kisses her passionately
(b) He kisses her left foot
(c) He slaps her across the face
(d) He kisses her hand lightly

6. Whose husband leads the angry mob?
(a) Costanza's husband, the duke
(b) Emma's husband, Guy le Pessoner
(c) Philippa's husband, Geoffrey
(d) Jack, Hawise's husband

7. Do Katherine and Blanche get along?
(a) Not at all. Blanche sees Katherine as another maid and treats her as such
(b) Blanche is too busy to spend any time with Katherine, so it's hard to say
(c) Yes. They enjoy singing and sewing together
(d) They are civil to one another.

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

9. Who or what are the "four dread horsemen of the Apocalypse"?
(a) Famine, War, Pestilence and Death
(b) There are really only two: Famine and War
(c) Famine, War, Sloth and Hanging
(d) Peace, Love, Understanding and Wisdom

10. Describe Katherine's reaction to the pyx when it passes the Chaucer home?
(a) She's ashamed because she's suddenly in love with Geoffrecy
(b) She's ashamed because she can't remember what the pyx is
(c) She's shocked the pyx is so ugly
(d) She's ashamed of herself for wanting to escape marrying Hugh

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

12. Who does Katherine encounter on the ship to Bordeaux?
(a) Gueneviere, John's sister
(b) Isabel, John's sister
(c) Isolda, John's mother
(d) A woman named Blanche with an uncanny resemblance to Katherine

13. In addition to dystentery, what else plagues Hugh?
(a) Impotence
(b) Migraine headaches
(c) Strange nightmarish visions
(d) Strange shaking

14. What does Katherine try to prevent the servants from doing shortly before she gives birth?
(a) Attending a wine festival
(b) Building a new wing on the house for the new baby
(c) Participating in a pagan ritual that involves sacrificing animals and drinking heavily
(d) Cooking anything with lamb in it

15. What happens when Hugh looks up at the black cross in Waltham Abbey?
(a) The buckle holding his scabard comes lose and his sword falls to the ground
(b) He faints
(c) The clasp on his necklace chain comes udone and his pendant falls to the ground
(d) He suddenly has a religious epiphany and decides to become a cleric

Short Answer Questions

1. What worries Hawise about the affair between John and Katherine?

2. When Katherine reaches Hugh in Aquitaine, he's as ill-tempered as ever. But he softens up when she tells him about:

3. 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:

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

5. Why do the servants resent the pregnant Katherine?

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