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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. What does Henry say of Catalina at the reception?
(a) That she looks sickly.
(b) That she is the most beddable woman in the room.
(c) That she is likely acting as a spy for Spain.
(d) That she will make an excellent queen.

2. What issue do Catalina and Arthur debate at Ludlow?
(a) How to defend their borders.
(b) Whether women should be allowed in positions of power.
(c) The Spanish Inquisition.
(d) Educating peasants.

3. What does Catalina wonder about the house that she is taken to live at on the Strand?
(a) Whether she will eventually be imprisoned there.
(b) Whether anyone has died there.
(c) Whether any other princesses have lived there.
(d) Whether it is fit for a princess.

4. Why does Catalina snap her fingers while dancing?
(a) As a code to indicate she is bored.
(b) To get Arthur to stop staring.
(c) As part of a Spanish dance.
(d) To draw attention to herself.

5. What place does Catalina say she never wants to leave in the first section of "The Constant Princess"?
(a) Her parents' home.
(b) A garden.
(c) Her bedroom.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Catalina given to survive on while living on the Strand?

2. When Arthur realizes what Catalina did to avoid sleeping with him, what does he vow?

3. What would Catalina's mother do when her father became enamored with other women?

4. What do Catalina and Arthur enter the church on?

5. Whom is Catalina traveling with at the beginning of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What preparations does Catalina make to welcome Arthur after they reconcile on their way to Ludlow?

2. On her way to London, how does Catalina compare her life to those of her family members?

3. Why does Margaret think Arthur and Catalina should be sent together to Ludlow Castle?

4. Where is Catalina sent when she is fifteen?

5. What does King Henry note about his wife Elizabeth in "London, 14th November, 1501"?

6. What do Catalina and Arthur talk about during their evenings alone together?

7. In the chapter, "Oxford, Christmas 1501", how does Catalina vex Arthur after he publicly announces that he will be coming to her room at night?

8. What is promised by the conquering Spaniards in "Granada"?

9. What does Catalina think about the future on her way to London?

10. What does King Henry fear about Catalina before he meets her?

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