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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Davydd and Owain want to gain by invading Gwynedd?
(a) They want to deliver Wales to England.
(b) They want Llewelyn to split his lands between his brothers.
(c) They want to unify Wales against England.
(d) They want to rule Wales.

2. Who is the head of the barons who are frustrated by the Lusignans?
(a) Davydd.
(b) Llewelyn.
(c) Simon.
(d) Edward.

3. What happens to Simon's reputation after his death?
(a) People think he was corrupt and weak.
(b) People think he was in league with Edward.
(c) People think he was a saint.
(d) People think he was a French stooge.

4. What does Parliament struggle to determine?
(a) What powers Henry should have.
(b) How to protect against an invasion from France.
(c) Whether to abolish the monarchy.
(d) What to do about Wales.

5. Who mediates between King Henry and Simon de Montfort?
(a) Bran de Montfort.
(b) Davydd.
(c) King Louis.
(d) Edward.

6. What is the outcome of the meeting with Henry and his barons?
(a) A set of guidelines.
(b) Religious persecution.
(c) New taxes.
(d) Civil war.

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

8. What does Llewelyn give Davydd?
(a) An army.
(b) Land.
(c) Transportation out of Wales in exile.
(d) A share of his power.

9. What kind of trouble is King Henry having at the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) Women trouble.
(b) Health trouble.
(c) Political trouble.
(d) Money trouble.

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

11. Who rescues the Queen from the attack?
(a) King Louis.
(b) King Henry.
(c) Thomas Fitz Thomas.
(d) Simon.

12. How does the falling out affect Edward?
(a) He is set free by Bran de Montfort.
(b) He is exiled to France.
(c) He is set free by the Earl of Gloucester.
(d) He is killed by Simon.

13. How is Simon's leg broken?
(a) In battle.
(b) Falling from a horse.
(c) When he trips down a flight of stairs in the palace.
(d) In an assassination attempt.

14. What additional oversight will the government be subjected to, as a result of the Oxford Provisions?
(a) International audits.
(b) A more active parliament.
(c) Oversight by a new class of experts and bureaucrats.
(d) A council of international advisors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Harry de Montfort let Edward go?

2. What does Nell do for Elen's children?

3. Where does Simon find Henry holed up?

4. What authority has stood behind the Lusignans?

5. How does Edward learn that Bran's army is exposed?

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