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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Joanna feel about this arranged marriage?
(a) Relieved to be away from the prying eyes of her stepmother.
(b) Happy to start a life of her own.
(c) As though she is being punished and forced to leave all she has ever known.
(d) Saddened at the thought of leaving her father.

2. Who is John de Grey?
(a) The Pope's choice for Archbishop of Canterbury.
(b) King John's choice for Archbishop of Canterbury.
(c) The new Pope.
(d) The new Bishop of Norwich.

3. Who is Alison?
(a) Joanna's childhood friend.
(b) Joanna's cousin.
(c) Joanna's daughter.
(d) Joanna's new French speaking maid.

4. To whom is Aubrey de Mara taking a message in Chapter 9?
(a) Thomas Corbet.
(b) Eleanor of Aquitaine.
(c) Llewleyn ab Iowerth.
(d) William de Braose.

5. Why does Joanna's new husband cut himself and bleed on their sheets during the night?
(a) To simulate an enemy attack.
(b) To help cure a cold.
(c) To simulate the blood of Joanna's broken maidenhead.
(d) To play a trick on Joanna.

6. What is the name of the man who brought Joanna to John in Chapter 7?
(a) Richard.
(b) Simon.
(c) William.
(d) Robert.

7. What is Interdict?
(a) An exclusion from church sacrament.
(b) Refusal of the church to recognize a marriage or birth.
(c) Excommunication of a country's ruler.
(d) An exclusion of the baptismal rights to children of excommunicated rulers.

8. What future does Llewelyn's stepfather arrange for Llewelyn?
(a) An education in business.
(b) Apprenticeship to a blacksmith.
(c) Placement as a squire in the home of the Earl of Chester.
(d) The priesthood.

9. What promise does Eleanor of Aquitaine ask John to make when she visits him after King Henry's death?
(a) He will not scheme against Richard.
(b) He will not marry for love.
(c) He will not have any more illegitimate children.
(d) He will not scheme against the French.

10. Where is Joanna taken after her mother's death in Chapter 7?
(a) To Westminster Abby.
(b) To Gwenwyn.
(c) To Middleham Castle.
(d) To Aquitaine.

11. From whom do the people of Wales believe they are descended?
(a) Hercules and the demigods of Greece.
(b) Persephone and Hades.
(c) Caesar and the citizens of Rome.
(d) Brutus and the citizens of ancient Troy.

12. Who does John fear Richard will name as his heir in Chapter 8?
(a) Geoffrey.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Young Henry.
(d) Will.

13. What is the name of the Castle where Llewelyn lived with his mother and stepfather in 1183?
(a) Westbury Castle.
(b) Caus Castle.
(c) Shropshire Castle.
(d) Shrewsbury Castle.

14. Who is Arthur's father?
(a) John, King Richard's brother.
(b) Richard, King of England.
(c) Geoffrey, King Richard's brother.
(d) Llewelyn ab Iowerth.

15. What language does Llewelyn speak while in Wales?
(a) French.
(b) Gaelic.
(c) Italian.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many separate kingdoms are there in Wales as the novel begins?

2. What is Mold as described in Chapter 9?

3. To whom does King John arrange for his daughter, Joanna, to marry?

4. How old is Isabelle of Angouleme when King John makes a deal with her father to marry her?

5. Who is Stephen de Hodnet?

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