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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. To whom is Hugh indebted?
(a) Alice Perrers
(b) The King
(c) John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster
(d) Geoffrey Chaucer
2. The Earl of March envies John, but thinks he has one strength and advantage that John does not:
(a) He has fathered many bastard children
(b) He is a better swordsman
(c) The Earl is about to father a child who is closer to the throne than any of the Lancaster children
(d) He is expecting children with several royal women
3. Why does Hugh order Katherine to stay away from Nichola?
(a) Nichola is, in truth, a sorceress
(b) He doesn't want his unborn child to catch his stepmother's illness
(c) Nichola is clumsy and might trip and fall on her
(d) Nichola will smother her with affection
4. Who or what are the "four dread horsemen of the Apocalypse"?
(a) Famine, War, Sloth and Hanging
(b) Famine, War, Pestilence and Death
(c) There are really only two: Famine and War
(d) Peace, Love, Understanding and Wisdom
5. What does Katherine try to prevent the servants from doing shortly before she gives birth?
(a) Cooking anything with lamb in it
(b) Participating in a pagan ritual that involves sacrificing animals and drinking heavily
(c) Building a new wing on the house for the new baby
(d) Attending a wine festival
Short Answer Questions
1. To whom is Philippa engaged?
2. What does Geoffrey Chaucer feel about Katherine's relationship with John?
3. How did the Duchess's children evade the Plague?
4. As Katherine passes the skin market at Danesgate, she sees:
5. Katherine goes to the Chapel to visit Blanches' body and finds the duke there. What does he tell her?
Short Essay Questions
1. Was it foolish of Katherine to refuse an escort back to Kettlethorpe? Why or why not?
2. What happens to the duke after he exits the commemorative mass for Blanche, and how does he react?
3. At first, the atmosphere surrounding Blanches' funeral and burial is very solemn, very sad. But it turns jovial and circus-like during the supper at court. What happens?
4. Katherine meets her future husband Hugh Swyndon in this chapter of the story. Why does Katherine have reservations about marrying this man?
5. When Katherine arrives at the dilapidated Kettlethorpe, she meets Gibbon. What is Gibbon's role at the manor, and who is he in relation to Hugh?
6. Despite his love for Katherine, who is the Duke of Lancaster hoping to marry, and why?
7. Who helps Katherine deliver her baby daughter, and what happens right after the umbilical cord is cut?
8. Who breaks up the fight between Roger DeCheyne and Hugh Swynford? And how does Katherine react to this?
9. Why does the duke become the "target of an angry, puzzled England"?
10. Despite Hugh's death and pledging their undying love for each other, Katherine and the duke cannot marry. Why?
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