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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 illness is King John suffering when Llewelyn visits him in Chapter 38?
(a) A common cold.
(b) Gout.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Diabetes.

2. What territories in Normandy does Louis control as described in Chapter 1?
(a) Wales and five percent of John's realm.
(b) Ninety percent of John's realm.
(c) London and half of John's realm.
(d) Windsor and thirty percent of John's realm.

3. What castle falls to King Philip in Chapter 40 that leaves King John wondering if his people will betray him?
(a) Windsor Castle.
(b) Nottingham Castle.
(c) Rochester Castle.
(d) Dover Castle.

4. What does Joanna offer to do in Chapter 27 to help ease Llewelyn's decision to surrender to King John?
(a) Joanna offers to write a letter of surrender.
(b) Joanna offers to talk the disloyal Welshmen back to Llewelyn's army.
(c) Joanna offers to pay Norman soldiers to fight for Llweleyn.
(d) Joanna offers to go to her father and arrange the surrender.

5. Who forces himself on Joanna in Chapter 5, kissing her on the stairwell?
(a) Will de Braose.
(b) Rhys.
(c) King Henry.
(d) Morgan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Elen give for not wanting to marry the man her father has chosen for her in Chapter 5?

2. Where does Joanna go after leaving Wales in Chapter 32?

3. What gift did Llewelyn make to Joanna on their fifth wedding anniversary?

4. Who, in Chapter 8, collapses at Easter and dies, shocking everyone present?

5. With whom does Joanna discover her daughter, Elen, is having an affair?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Joanna confront her brother Richard after leaving Lleweyn in Chapter 32?

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

5. How does Joanna react to King John's attempts to humiliate her husband after he surrenders before the King?

6. What does Llewelyn's decision to confront Joanna and ask her to return to him in Wales say about his feelings for his young wife? What might this foreshadow for the relationship as the novel continues to develop?

7. Why does Llewelyn decide to go against Welsh law and embrace the laws of the Church when it comes to the laws of inheritance?

8. What enemy becomes King John's ally in Chapter 36?

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

10. What punishment does the Pope level on King Philip of France for his continued fight against King John?

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