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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. Where do Llewelyn and Gruffydd meet in battle in Chapter 4?
(a) Craig Aderyn.
(b) Tudur.
(c) Aber.
(d) Cader Idris.

2. What item, untouched, does Llewelyn return to Joanna her first day of exile?
(a) A picture.
(b) A letter.
(c) A purse full of coins.
(d) A wedding ring.

3. Why is Windsor Castle damaged and in disarray when Joanna arrives for a visit in Chapter 1?
(a) The results of a three month siege.
(b) A riot after King John's death.
(c) The results of years of starvation.
(d) A riot after King Henry's coronation.

4. What happened to Will de Braose after his indiscretion with Joanna was discovered?
(a) He was hanged.
(b) He was exiled.
(c) He was jailed.
(d) He was beheaded.

5. How does King John humiliate Llewelyn at the ceremony in which he accepts Llewelyn's surrender?
(a) He takes away Llewelyn's lands.
(b) He makes Llewelyn bow to him.
(c) He breaks Llewelyn's sword.
(d) He spits on Llewelyn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does King John turn to the Pope as an ally in Chapter 33?

2. Who is the first to recant his loyalty to Llewelyn after the ceremony naming Llewelyn the Prince of Wales?

3. Who is King John raising an army to battle in Chapter 33?

4. What is the first symptom of the illness that will plague King John in the final days of his life?

5. What does Joanna recognize in Gruffydd when he returns to Wales after being held by King John as a hostage?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Gruffydd challenge his father to ride a wild stallion in Chapter 8 of book 2?

2. What is significant about the title given to Llewelyn by the other leaders in his country, Prince of Wales?

3. What story does Will de Braose tell Joanna that causes them to begin an intimate affair in Chapter 9 of Book 2?

4. Why does Isabelle remarry? How does King Henry respond to Isabelle's choices?

5. Why does King Henry ask the Pope to declare Joanna a legitimate child of King John? How does the Pope do this?

6. Why is Joanna sent into exile at one of Llewelyn's seaside castles in Chapter 12?

7. Why does Joanna goad Gruffydd into an argument in Aber's great hall in Chapter 8 of Book 2?

8. Who does Elen marry? Why?

9. Why is Llewelyn unconcerned when he learns that King John will be leading an army into Wales in Chapter 27?

10. What cruelty on her father's part does Joanna learn in Chapter 31 that forces her to acknowledge that her father is not the kind man she always thought he was?

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