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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Simon meet when he gets to London?
(a) Confused mobs of fighting factions.
(b) Deserted streets.
(c) Fanfare.
(d) Opposition.

2. What does Llewelyn agree to do, at the end of Chapter 23?
(a) Pursue his claim to power in England.
(b) Keep Owain as a hostage.
(c) Divide Wales.
(d) Free Davydd.

3. What brings Nell back to England?
(a) War.
(b) Simon's political troubles.
(c) Financial difficulties.
(d) Elen's pregnancy.

4. What is Simon accused of?
(a) Betraying the king.
(b) Stealing from the king.
(c) Changing the laws without due process.
(d) Treating the lords unfairly.

5. Why is Simon called to England again?
(a) He is going to be promoted.
(b) Complaints are still being made against him.
(c) Henry wants to put someone else in charge.
(d) Henry wants to shield Simon from hostility.

6. What do Simon and his knights do after they get Henry's letter?
(a) Renounce their loyalty to him.
(b) Vow to kill Henry or die trying.
(c) Surround Henry's position.
(d) Pledge themselves to be Henry's loyal subjects.

7. What is the verdict of mediation between King Henry and Simon de Montfort?
(a) Henry and Simon are told to share power.
(b) Parliament will have power now.
(c) Henry is told to leave the country.
(d) Louis finds for Henry.

8. What is the result of Simon's plan to escape?
(a) It fails and Simon surrenders to save the army.
(b) Most of the army escapes.
(c) The army is slaughtered.
(d) A standoff that lasts for months.

9. What is Henry's response to the outcome?
(a) Despair.
(b) Outrage.
(c) Fear.
(d) Relief.

10. What has happened to Simon's body after his death?
(a) It is sanctified.
(b) It is buried in holy ground.
(c) It is mutilated.
(d) It is cremated at a big funeral.

11. What do Prince Edward and Simon work together to do?
(a) Undermine the Oxford Provisions.
(b) Conquer all of the British Isles.
(c) Declare war against France.
(d) Get the king to abide by the Oxford Provisions.

12. How does Nell de Montfort complicate a peace between England and France?
(a) By paying taxes to neither crown.
(b) By waging a war of her own against the English.
(c) By refusing to hand over some castles.
(d) By interrupting the negotiations.

13. Who attacks the Queen?
(a) Commoners.
(b) Henry.
(c) Simon.
(d) Edward.

14. What does Nell do for Elen's children?
(a) Helps them make good marriages.
(b) Cares for them after Elen she dies.
(c) Provides them with money, and political connections.
(d) Saves them from assassination attempts.

15. What is Simon involved in when he hears of the illness of his daughter?
(a) Financial negotiations.
(b) Political meetings.
(c) A military campaign.
(d) Military planning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have the Lusignans been doing, when Nell and Richard approach them?

2. What happens when the King agrees to Simon's demands?

3. Who is almost trapped when Londoners lock the drawbridge in the up position?

4. Where does Simon find Henry holed up?

5. How does the falling out affect Edward?

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