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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Katherine manages to stop the duke on his rampage by telling him she no longer wears his ring because:
(a) It has lost its meaning
(b) She discovered he gave the same one to Costanza
(c) It's too small
(d) It's too large

2. Right before John leaves for Scotland, Katherine has a fit and says:
(a) She doesn't like Scotland, so they'll have to arrange meeting elsewhere
(b) She thinks their love is in danger
(c) She is expecting twins
(d) She saw the Pooka Hound of Kettelthorpe

3. Janet, Katherine's daughter-in-law, has a theory about why Katherine doesn't see her son Thomas much. What is Janet's theory?
(a) Katherine thinks Thomas is unpleasant like his late father
(b) Katherine doesn't like Janet
(c) Katherine prefers her illegitimate children with thedDuke to her natural children with Hugh
(d) Katherine is removing herself from society

4. When John Beaufort comes to see Katherine, he brings with him a letter from his father. On it is a seal which indicates:
(a) John is no longer the King of Castile
(b) John has redesigned his coat of arms to indicate his greater wealth
(c) John is indeed the son of a Flemish man
(d) John is now King of Italy

5. What announcement does Katherine make to John in the spring?
(a) She's giving him up and becoming a nun
(b) She's pregnant
(c) She's no longer in love with him
(d) She's ill and dying

6. What initially saves Katherine and Blanchette from the mob when they break into the palace?
(a) Their plain faces without makeup. They are unrecognizable without color.
(b) Their dull grey clothing. It conceals who they are.
(c) Their fake cockney accents, which make them sound like peasants.
(d) Their big English hats. It conceals their faces.

7. At Our Lady of Walsingham's shrine, what miracle does Katherine pray for?
(a) Blanchette's return
(b) Hugh's return
(c) John's return
(d) Costanza's death

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

9. Where does Katherine take Geoffrey to tell him about the guilt she feels and everything she now believes has gone wrong in her life?
(a) To see Brother William's head
(b) The Pessoners' back yard
(c) To Blanche's tomb
(d) To the ruins of Savoy

10. What does Father Oswald refuse to grant Katherine after she confesses?
(a) Annulment of her marriage to Hugh
(b) Forgiveness
(c) A meeting with the Pope
(d) Absolution

11. According to the Baron de la Pole, what two things did the duke do for Katherine to express his everlasting love and respect for her?
(a) He built the Chapel to Saint Catherine and he never publicly renounced her as was rumored
(b) He built the women's college of Saint Catherine and established a convent in her name
(c) He cut off the finger on which he wore her ring and never kissed another woman
(d) He became celibate and stopped drinking

12. Katherine sends a letter to the duke. In it she asks him to:
(a) Send her children to Kettlethorpe where she will raise them
(b) Keep her children with him because she's too ashamed to meet them again
(c) Be with Costanza, for she'll make him happier than Katherine ever could
(d) Look for Blanchette but not worry about the other children

13. What does Richard do after the Duke of Lancaster's death?
(a) He confiscates all of the Lancastrian estates
(b) He goes into seclusion in the tower and mourns his death for six months
(c) He kicks Katherine and her children out of Windsor
(d) He executes every last member of the Lancaster clan

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

15. Whose life does Katherine save during the king's visit?
(a) Percy of Northumberland
(b) Blanchette
(c) Father Oswald
(d) Cob o'Fenton, a loyal servant to the Swyndons

Short Answer Questions

1. How is John Ball punished for inciting revolt against the poll tax?

2. John has one request in his letter to Katherine:

3. What does John discover upon his return to England?

4. Right before Brother William dies, what does he tell Katherine about Hugh's death?

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

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