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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Simon de Montfort ask for?
(a) Freedom to study in Germany.
(b) Money to raise an army.
(c) Permission to marry.
(d) The return of the Earldom of Leicester.

2. What does Davydd die of?
(a) Old age.
(b) Wounds.
(c) Poisoning.
(d) Illness.

3. How does the king treat his captive?
(a) Inhumanely.
(b) Kindly.
(c) Harshly.
(d) Spitefully.

4. Where does Falls the Shadow lie in relation to the other books in the series?
(a) Last in a pentalogy.
(b) Middle of a trilogy.
(c) First in the series.
(d) Third in a tetralogy.

5. What consequence is Elen warned she will suffer?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Disgrace.
(c) Betrayal.
(d) Humiliation.

6. What happens when Simon de Montfort finds Nell's bedchamber?
(a) They do not make love.
(b) She captures him.
(c) He makes love with her.
(d) He rapes her.

7. What does Elen hear Gruffydd is planning, when she gets to Gloucester?
(a) Gruffydd is ill.
(b) Gruffydd is raising an army.
(c) Simon is raising an army.
(d) Simon and Nell are ill.

8. What does Llelo want in his father's chamber?
(a) A weapon.
(b) Money.
(c) Deeds.
(d) A snack.

9. Why is Henry angry with Simon?
(a) Simon had warred against him.
(b) Simon owes money to the heirs of the Earl of Chester.
(c) Simon had made advances toward his daughter.
(d) Simon had once been allied against him.

10. Where does Llelo find Elen when he comes to visit her?
(a) At Cricieth Castle.
(b) At Mon.
(c) At the White Ladies Priory.
(d) At Llanfaes.

11. Who is Rhodri?
(a) Llelo's uncle.
(b) Davydd's son.
(c) Gruffydd's son.
(d) Llewelyn's nephew.

12. Why are Gruffydd and Senena asked to leave the castle?
(a) They have humiliated themselves.
(b) They have stolen from Llewelyn.
(c) They have disgraced Llewelyn.
(d) They fight with Llewelyn's other children.

13. What kind of person is Simon de Montfort discovered to be, when he enters his meeting?
(a) Conniving.
(b) Brave.
(c) Simple.
(d) Weary.

14. What forces Owain to lie down when he goes with Davydd to Cricieth Castle to discuss a truce with Gruffydd?
(a) Exhaustion.
(b) Mead.
(c) Illness.
(d) Wounds.

15. Who does Simon de Montfort visit at the beginning of Falls the Shadow?
(a) Elen.
(b) Earl of Chester.
(c) King John.
(d) Llewelyn ap Gruffydd.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nell afraid for?

2. How does Gruffydd's happiness with things affect the relationship between Gruffydd and Llewelyn?

3. Whose wedding do Simon de Montfort and Nell prepare to attend?

4. What is Llanfaes?

5. Who does Llewelyn agree to help in this conflict?

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