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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 killed by Simon.
(d) He is set free by the Earl of Gloucester.

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

3. What does Simon ask Llewelyn for?
(a) A place to keep Edward imprisoned.
(b) An army.
(c) Money.
(d) Help with Edward.

4. What does Simon assemble in 1263?
(a) A navy.
(b) An international consensus.
(c) An army.
(d) A governing council.

5. What did the Oxford Provisions prohibit?
(a) Executive privilege.
(b) Foreign-born lords in the king's circle.
(c) Monarchical rule.
(d) Foreign wars.

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

7. Who is almost trapped when Londoners lock the drawbridge in the up position?
(a) King Henry.
(b) Simon.
(c) The Queen.
(d) Edward.

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

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

10. How does Simon's army attempt to escape?
(a) By surrendering.
(b) By withstanding a siege.
(c) By subterfuge.
(d) By concentrating on one spot in the lines.

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

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

13. With whom does Simon have a falling out?
(a) Earl of Gloucester.
(b) Edward.
(c) Bran de Montfort.
(d) Earl of Chester.

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

15. What have Henry's barons been trying to convince him to do?
(a) Return the Lusignan territory to France.
(b) Stop supporting the Lusignans.
(c) War against the Lusignan family.
(d) Absorb the Lusignans' territories.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nell react to the death of her husband?

2. What does Parliament struggle to determine?

3. What do Davydd and Owain want to gain by invading Gwynedd?

4. What does Davydd hope he can do in Wales?

5. What kind of trouble is King Henry having at the beginning of Chapter 19?

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