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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Katherine goes back to the Pessoners' and asks Hawise to:
(a) Serve as her personal chef
(b) Serve as her maid
(c) Sew a really nice dress for her
(d) Attend mass with her

3. 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 slaps her across the face
(b) He kisses her passionately
(c) He kisses her hand lightly
(d) He kisses her left foot

4. Why is Costanza eager to make a pilgrimage to Canterbury?
(a) She hopes St. Thomas will make her beautiful, like Katherine
(b) She hopes St. Thomas will help her become more fertile
(c) She hopes St. Thomas will help her get more sleep
(d) She hopes St. Thomas will make Katherine magically disappear

5. Why does Katherine find Philippa's letter so upsetting?
(a) Philippa preaches to her about childbearing
(b) Philippa says Katherine is a bad person who deserves an equally bad husband
(c) Philippa assumes that Katherine is living in great comfort and luxury
(d) Philippa refuses to visit her

6. What does Katherine tell John when she returns to Bordeaux?
(a) She fell in love with Nirac and they are eloping
(b) She's pregnant with his child
(c) She feels she's still married to Hugh and cannot be unfaithful to his memory
(d) She has changed her mind and wants to become a nun

7. Who was Isolda?
(a) A mysterious servant who charmed the royals
(b) John of Gaunt's sister
(c) John of Gaunt's mother
(d) Alice Perrer's older sister

8. Why does Nirac, the duke's loyal servant, decide to guard Katherine with his life?
(a) He thinks he's in love with Katherine
(b) He has nothing else to do
(c) He thinks Katherine and the duke are in a serious romantic relationship
(d) The Duke threatens him if he doesn't

9. The Duke's pious daughter Philippa worries about her father's relationship with Katherine because:
(a) It's not convenient for her
(b) It's embarrassing to her
(c) They live in sin
(d) She fears being beheaded for her father's sins

10. How did the Duchess's children evade the Plague?
(a) They were on holiday in France where there is no Plague
(b) They were safe in the North Tower throughout the scourge
(c) They are actually Gascons, who are born with Plague immunity
(d) They hid underground where they could not contract the disease

11. Why can't Katherine go home?
(a) She doesn't have either enough money or an escort for the journey
(b) She is sick with a bad cold
(c) Hugh has banned her from Kettlethorpe
(d) She isn't given her usual five escorts, just three

12. Why does Katherine decide to ride her horse to visit the Duchess of Lancaster?
(a) She learns that Blanche, the Duchess, is also pregnant and rides her horse all of the time
(b) She thinks Doucette, her horse, needs exercise
(c) The servants refuse to take her
(d) She sees it as an opportunity to try to lose the baby

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

14. Why does Katherine not hesitate to go into the plague-contaminated Bolingbroke?
(a) She is a hot-headed stubborn woman who does whatever she wants
(b) Two sorcerers accompany her
(c) She wears a special mask that makes her immune
(d) She is immune to the plague

15. The Friar, Brother William, doesn't suspect Katherine of foul play in Hugh's death. Instead, he believes that:
(a) Hugh didn't want to live anymore
(b) Hugh's bowel burst
(c) Hugh died of internal bleeding
(d) Hugh might have had a heart attack

Short Answer Questions

1. Nirac's feelings toward Katherine go from loyalty to hatred. Resigned that he'll never be greatly admired by John, what does he do?

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

3. The meeting of the House of Commons yields several major accusations. The King's chamberlain, Lord Latimer, is accused of:

4. Katherine soon discovers the real reason she has been called upon:

5. What does Katherine realize about herself after hearing Geoffrey read the love poem?

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