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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 argument is made in answer to the complaints?

2. What is Henry's response to the outcome?

3. What does Llewelyn want Davydd to see?

4. What does Parliament struggle to determine?

5. Who mediates between King Henry and Simon de Montfort?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Simon's defense to the lords' accusations?

2. Describe the fight that leads to Henry's surrender.

3. How does Edward raise an army?

4. How does is Edward treated when he is trapped him at Gloucester Castle?

5. Describe the destruction of Bran de Montfort's army at Kenilworth.

6. What is Simon de Montfort accused of by the lords of Gascony?

7. What is Henry's response to Simon's attempts to enforce the Oxford Provisions?

8. How is Simon's army nearly wiped out?

9. What happens to Simon's body after death?

10. What judgment is made in the case?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What traits are specifically English, in Falls the Shadow? How are those traits defined in relation to France and Wales?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

If you were to change Falls the Shadow, or write another work on the same topic, what would you do differently? What events would you cover in more detail? How would you tell this story differently yourself?

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