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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Welsh offer after the English attack?
(a) A humiliating flight.
(b) An admirable defense.
(c) An effective counterattack.
(d) A disorganized defense.

2. What do Gruffydd and Owain plan to use for escape?
(a) Forged documents.
(b) Knives made from cutlery.
(c) Disguises.
(d) A rope made from bedding.

3. What is Simon de Montfort's intention toward Nell?
(a) Blackmail.
(b) Intimidation.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Exploitation.

4. What does Elen learn during Gruffydd's visit to Mon?
(a) Her husband is ill.
(b) Her son has come home.
(c) Her father has gone away.
(d) Her son has died.

5. Who advises the king to abandon Wales?
(a) Davydd.
(b) Gruffydd.
(c) Simon.
(d) Nell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elen hear Gruffydd is planning, when she gets to Gloucester?

2. Under what condition would Gwynedd pass to the English crown?

3. How does Llewelyn Fawr's decision to build at Llanfaes affect his son Gruffydd?

4. Why has Elen wished her husband dead?

5. What does England gain as part of the surrender?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the courtship of Nell and Simon de Montfort.

2. What does Llelo see that he is not supposed to see, and what does his father make him do?

3. Describe Simon's experience fighting with Henry against the French.

4. How does King Henry respond when it becomes clear that his sister is not pregnant?

5. What happens when Simon de Montfort returns to Henry's court?

6. Describe the 1245 war between England and Wales.

7. Why does Henry go to war with France?

8. What happens when Llewelyn's health begins to deteriorate?

9. What happens when Davydd dies?

10. What is Simon de Montfort's effect on John the Scot's household?

(see the answer keys)

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