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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Margaret want Arthur and Catalina to go away for the winter?
(a) Margaret feels life at court is too dangerous for them.
(b) She hopes the harsh conditions will make Catalina ill.
(c) She cannot stand having them around her.
(d) Their boredom might lead to a pregnancy.

2. What does Catalina doubt her mother is comforted by?
(a) Spain's wealth.
(b) Spain's current security.
(c) Her relationship with God.
(d) Her father.

3. What issue does Catalina ask Lady Margaret for advice about?
(a) Her husband's health.
(b) Her pregnancy.
(c) Her unpaid dowry.
(d) Warfare.

4. What has Catalina prepared when Arthur comes to her room the second time in Chapter 4?
(a) A clean set of clothes.
(b) A note.
(c) A card game.
(d) A meal.

5. What do the conquering Spaniards promise to allow?
(a) Public trials.
(b) Equal rights to all men.
(c) Religious freedom.
(d) Voting rights to all citizens.

6. What does Catalina tell her sister-in-law that she understands?
(a) Her dislike of England.
(b) Her fear of marriage.
(c) The dangers of war.
(d) The joylessness of life at court.

7. What does Catalina hold to her nose at Arthur's death bed?
(a) A rose.
(b) A sachet of lavender.
(c) A clove of herbs.
(d) A handkerchief.

8. What does Catalina hope to do when she and her husband rule England?
(a) Preserve peace with Spain.
(b) Join England and Spain as a single nation.
(c) Declare war on France.
(d) Spend half of her time in Spain.

9. How does Catalina describe her mother's life?
(a) As lived in the shadows.
(b) As inspiring.
(c) As lived on the edge.
(d) As boring.

10. How old is Catalina when she is sent away to be married?
(a) Thirteen years old.
(b) Seventeen years old.
(c) Fifteen years old.
(d) Twenty years old.

11. Whom did Catalina say she thought was coming to her bedroom?
(a) The entire court.
(b) The royal guards.
(c) A visiting dignitary.
(d) Arthur's mother.

12. What building does Catalina describe in Chapter 1?
(a) A monastery.
(b) A palace.
(c) A cathedral.
(d) A library.

13. Which castle is Arthur told to go to in Chapter 3?
(a) Ludlow Castle.
(b) Greenwich Castle.
(c) Arundel Castle.
(d) Hever Castle.

14. Why does Catalina insist on meeting Lady Margaret in private?
(a) Because she intends to scold Lady Margaret.
(b) In case there is a scene.
(c) Because she does not want to start any gossip.
(d) So that Arthur doesn't find out.

15. What does Arthur's brother give to Catalina as a wedding gift?
(a) A tiara.
(b) A litter.
(c) An illuminated bible.
(d) A horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What place does Catalina say she never wants to leave in the first section of "The Constant Princess"?

2. What does Lady Margaret advise would make Catalina's life easier?

3. Where is a battle being fought at the beginning of the novel?

4. Why does Catalina snap her fingers while dancing?

5. What does Catalina note her mother pawned to pay mercenaries?

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