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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. As Katherine passes the skin market at Danesgate, she sees:
2. Where does the duke take Katherine?
3. Who prevents Nichola from drowning the newborn baby?
4. What is the name of the illness that the Prince of Wales has?
5. How does the sword fight between Hugh and Roger end?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Katherine's journey on the ship to Bordeaux.
2. Who breaks up the fight between Roger DeCheyne and Hugh Swynford? And how does Katherine react to this?
3. Despite seeing the cross at the entrance to Bolingbroke that indicates the estate has been contaminated by the Plague, Katherine goes in. Why does she take such a risk?
4. 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?
5. In this new phase of Katherine's life, she lives in the Inner Court at Kenilworth Castle. Once again, she is quite different from the Katherine at the beginning of the story, and the Katherine who was outwardly loyal and devoted to her abusive husband Hugh. Describe how she is once again different.
6. What did you think of the duke when he expresses joy over Hugh's death?
7. Describe changes in Katherine now from the Katherine introduced at the start of this story:
8. Katherine meets her future husband Hugh Swyndon in this chapter of the story. Why does Katherine have reservations about marrying this man?
9. What does Philippa, Katherine's older sister, say in a letter that upsets Katherine deeply?
10. What happens between Nirac and Hugh that foreshadows trouble ahead?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Fate is a theme that threads throughout the novel. Despite Katherine's dislike for Hugh, she resigns herself to marrying him. How does this example illustrate the concept of accepting one's fate?
Essay Topic 2
Katherine versus Costanza. What does each woman bring to the duke? And what do we learn about the duke's ambitions and his insecurities by marrying Costanza?
Essay Topic 3
Symbols play a great part in the lives of people during the medieval years. Choose three symbols from the story and explain their significance to the characters involved.
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