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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Edward join King Henry?
(a) In Dover, where they are kept as prisoners together after the battle.
(b) In the palace where they are taken prisoner.
(c) In the church where he surrenders.
(d) In the forest.

2. What authority has stood behind the Lusignans?
(a) King John's.
(b) King Henry's.
(c) The Pope's.
(d) Gruffydd's.

3. Why can Henry not raise an army of his own?
(a) He has no money.
(b) He has had a stroke.
(c) He has lost his subjects' loyalty.
(d) None of his advisors will support it.

4. What happens when Edward shows up at Kenilworth?
(a) Bran triumphs over Edward's army.
(b) Bran's army is routed.
(c) Edward is killed in the fighting.
(d) Bran's army retreats inside the castle, and a futile siege begins.

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

6. What happens to Simon's daughter by the time he gets home?
(a) She has given birth.
(b) She has fled.
(c) She has married.
(d) She has died.

7. What is the king's response to the complaints made about Simon?
(a) He leaves Simon in charge.
(b) He keeps Simon's children as hostages.
(c) He sends a new seneschal to rule.
(d) He limits Simon's power.

8. What are Edward's plans with regard to Wales?
(a) Ignore.
(b) Exploit.
(c) Invade.
(d) Pacify.

9. Why is Bran's army outside the walls of Kenilworth?
(a) To gather wood and food.
(b) To protect the inhabitants of the city.
(c) To enjoy the cool river.
(d) To betray them to Edward's army.

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

11. What does Llewelyn want Davydd to see?
(a) His reasons for ruling with leniency.
(b) The desirability of unity with England.
(c) The need for local power in the lords.
(d) The importance of unifying Wales.

12. How does Edward's army defeat Simon's at Evesham?
(a) They approach flying Bran's standards.
(b) They disguise themselves with captured uniforms from Bran's army.
(c) They send false reports of peace in the outskirts of the town.
(d) They approach silently at dawn.

13. What happens in the first wave of the attack?
(a) King Henry surrenders.
(b) Edward turns the attackers back, and follows them into the woods.
(c) Simon's knights pin Edward in the city.
(d) Simon's army is routed.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nell de Montfort complicate a peace between England and France?

2. Where is Edward trapped?

3. What does Simon ask Llewelyn for?

4. What is Simon involved in when he hears of the illness of his daughter?

5. What additional oversight will the government be subjected to, as a result of the Oxford Provisions?

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