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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Now legitimately married to John, and their children legitimized as well, Katherine is back at Windsor Castle. But are the ladies in court happy to have her back?
(a) Yes, they sing and sew together
(b) No, they are not tolerant
(c) Not at first, but they warm up to her and become intimate friends
(d) They don't have time to think about Katherine

2. How have John's concerns about his heritage affected him?
(a) He's too busy to think about those problems
(b) He feels the matter is resolved and doesn't understand why others are still questioning whether he's the king's son
(c) He's obsessed, on the verge of madness
(d) Hardly, he's as cool as ever

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

4. When Blanchette, who loves Robin, refuses to marry Ralph of Hastings, what does she say to Katherine?
(a) She tells Katherine she's wonderful and glad to have half-siblings
(b) She calls Katherine the duke's creature who gives birth to his bastards
(c) She calls Katherine a lovely creature
(d) She says nothing, thinking the silent treatment is the best response

5. Because Katherine doesn't deny that she had hoped for Hugh's death, what does Blanchette now believe?
(a) Her mother murdered her father
(b) Life is short and one must savor every moment
(c) There must have been a good, solid reason for Katherine's actions
(d) Brother William could have saved her father's life but didn't try

6. Lady Julian helps Katherine realize and feel the real love of God. Katherine then surprises herself by returning to:
(a) Sheppey Priory
(b) Savoy
(c) Kettlethorpe
(d) The Pessoners' home

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

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

9. 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 women's college of Saint Catherine and established a convent in her name
(b) He became celibate and stopped drinking
(c) He cut off the finger on which he wore her ring and never kissed another woman
(d) He built the Chapel to Saint Catherine and he never publicly renounced her as was rumored

10. As Katherine approaches Walsingham, she thinks of one word to describe her life since leaving the convent. What is that word?
(a) Evil
(b) Generous
(c) Happy
(d) Depressing

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

12. John has one request in his letter to Katherine:
(a) To not be present when he visits
(b) To not be at Kettlethorpe but at a nearby location during his visit
(c) To stay and see him with the children
(d) To switch places with him

13. What does Cob do to reawaken the unconscious Katherine?
(a) He slaps her a few times
(b) He waves ammonia under her nose
(c) He rolls her into a nearby brook
(d) He shakes her violently

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

15. What does Katherine find at the duke's gatehouse that brands him a traitor?
(a) The Duke's shield, painted in red
(b) The duke's shield, turned upside down
(c) A ten-foot high cross, painted in black
(d) A four-foot high cross, painted red

Short Answer Questions

1. As Katherine regains her memory of the moments before Brother Williams' death, she tells Dame Emma that it wasn't the friar's blood that drove Blanchette away, but probably:

2. King Richard rides right up the front line of rebels and tells them that he is now their leader as they wished him to be. How do the rebels react?

3. Who is now the master at Kettlethorpe?

4. Where is Katherine buried?

5. Katherine initially decides against seeing John again. But Harry convinces her to be a part of the reunion because:

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