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

2. Where does Richard die?
(a) In Waltham Abbey
(b) In a remote castle where he starves to death under the constable, Thomas Swynford
(c) In Windsor Castle
(d) In France

3. After signing truce agreements with Scotland, the duke suddenly learns he cannot:
(a) Re-enter England.
(b) Live with Katherine anywhere in the kingdom
(c) Walk
(d) Re-enter Castile

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

5. How old is Richard of Bordeaux when he's coronated?
(a) Thirteen
(b) Ten
(c) Twelve
(d) Eight

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry returns to England and Richard is forced to:

2. How does Cob manage to gain entry for himself and Katherine into the Pessoners' home?

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

4. What does Brother William say John Ball is now preaching to the serfs?

5. Who orders Katherine to Kennington?

Short Essay Questions

1. When John Beaufort comes to see Katherine at Kettlethorpe, what does he tell her?

2. It is ironic that Katherine goes back to Kettlethorpe?

3. The Duke has grown quite mad with his obsession over his heritage. While Katherine talks to him, she learns that someone is at the root of John's fears. Who is this person?

4. While Katherine stays in a pilgrim hostel in Waltham, she learns that the king will soon be arriving there, too. What do some of the people there believe the king will be doing?

5. Katherine goes to the Pessoners for safety. What she discover there?

6. Just as Katherine and Blanchette have repaired their tenuous relationship, what happens that makes Blanchette go back to mistrusting and even hating Katherine?

7. Describe Katherine's appearance after she decides she is responsible for the friar's death and her daughter's disappearance.

8. At the raucous wedding of Henry of Bolingbroke to Anne of Bohemia, Robin, playing a comic character called the Lord of Misrule shouts: "Now shall each man kiss the lady of his heart!" He kisses Katherine. How does the duke respond to this incident?

9. Why is the preacher John Ball imprisoned?

10. Why does Katherine risk revealing her true identity in front of the other peasants in order to save Cob?

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