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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. What does Llewelyn Fawr build at Llanfaes?

2. What happens when Simon de Montfort finds Nell's bedchamber?

3. Who does Elen join at Gloucester?

4. Whose assistance will be used to fight Senena and her supporters?

5. Who is Nell?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Elen react to John the Scot's death?

2. What does Llelo see that he is not supposed to see, and what does his father make him do?

3. What does Davydd give up when he surrenders to King Henry?

4. How does Gruffydd lose his land?

5. Describe Simon's experience fighting with Henry against the French.

6. Why is Nell concerned when she is in Sicily, waiting for her husband?

7. Describe Davydd's treatment after he surrenders to King Henry.

8. What happens to Llelo when Senena attempts to rescue her husband and son?

9. How does Davydd capture Gruffydd and Owain?

10. What happens when Davydd dies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate your own reading of Falls the Shadow--did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

Essay Topic 2

What do you think is the heart of Falls the Shadow for Penman? Is it the medieval lifestyle? The political struggle? The warfare? The emergence of an effective government from the monarchical government?

Essay Topic 3

How would this book be different if it followed the lives of the women? What is lost--and what is gained--by focusing on the men?

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