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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) He cannot be without Katherine
(b) John confesses he can't communicate with the Scots because of their accent
(c) John says he's not a traitor and stands by his king
(d) John confesses he doesn't like the Scots

2. King Richard and his queen are about to travel through England on a goodwill tour to boost his popularity. Their visit to Lincoln will be their first in how many years?
(a) Nine
(b) Five
(c) Eight
(d) Ten

3. How old is Katherine now?
(a) Forty-five
(b) Fifty-five
(c) It's unclear. The narrator doesn't ever reveal Katherine's true age
(d) Sixty-five

4. What confession does Pieter make when surrounded by Appleton and others?
(a) He says that the Bishop Courtenay paid him to make placards about the falseness of John's heritage
(b) That Bishop Courtenay is in fact John's father
(c) That Katherine and John are actually siblings
(d) That Alice Perrers is John's real mother

5. Henry returns to England and Richard is forced to:
(a) Publicly apologize for lying to peasants
(b) Divorce his eight-year-old wife
(c) Abdicate the throne in favor of Henry
(d) Share the throne with Henry

6. Katherine receives a letter from the duke in which he requests she bring his daughter Philippa to Savoy for what reason?
(a) Costanza likes her and wants her at Savoy
(b) He wants to tell her in person that she's going to a convent
(c) He wants to find a good university for her
(d) To discuss marriage negotiations

7. Katherine visits her beloved Blanche's tomb. In the tomb, she hears Blanche's voice and decides:
(a) To make a pilgrimmage to Our Lady Walsingham
(b) To make a pilgrimmage to Canterbury
(c) To leave everything and everyone and disappear without a trace
(d) To go to Scotland and talk to the duke

8. The Duke challenges Percy to mortal combat. Who shows up to fight him?
(a) No one, John stands in a field waiting and waiting
(b) A mob of angry peasants
(c) Percy's son, Little Hotspur
(d) Percy of Northumberland, as promised

9. Who does the king's squire, Robin, think is a challenge for the duke?
(a) Costanza
(b) The wealthy bishops
(c) The peasants
(d) Katherine and Costanza

10. Two nuns arrive at the castle to see Katherine. One is name Ursula, who in fact turns out to be the long-lost Blanchette. Blanchette says she has returned because:
(a) She has been given unprecedented power to absolve Katherine of her sins
(b) She has no money or home and nowhere else to go
(c) She could no longer live with her hatred for Katherine
(d) She has been ordered by the church to take Katherine to the convent

11. In a conversation with Katherine, Brother William tells her that Pieter and the two monks have been banished to Cyprus. He also tells her to:
(a) Find a way to convince the king to allow unmarried couples to live without shame
(b) Give up her love for John because he's really in love with Costanza
(c) Give up her love for John because he foresees it ending in disaster
(d) Get on the next ship to anywhere because there's a reward for her head

12. How does Katherine feel about being back at Kettlethorpe?
(a) She sees it as a chance to decorate it her way
(b) It makes her sick but she has to push herself to endure being there
(c) She is punishing herself with memories of Hugh
(d) She now appreciates it

13. Thomas Swynford is now nineteen and a knight. Who does he serve?
(a) Princess Joan
(b) Costanza, the Queen of Castile
(c) The Duke of Lancaster
(d) Henry of Bolingbroke, his half brother

14. Who does Philippa call an "ill-tempered virgin"?
(a) Katherine
(b) Princess Joan
(c) Eleanor de Bohun
(d) Costanza

15. What happens when Richard asks Thomas Swynford to try on the heavy crown?
(a) Thomas suddenly becomes invisible
(b) The Earl of March violently intervenes
(c) Thomas puts it on and falls to the ground
(d) The Duke of Lancaster violently intervenes

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where does Katherine feel she should now return?

3. Katherine tries to get John to reveal the root of his fear. When he feels he can completely trust her with what is troubling him, he says her:

4. How old is Richard of Bordeaux when he's coronated?

5. What is the main message or theme of this chapter?

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