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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. Where does Simon find Henry holed up?
(a) Dover.
(b) London.
(c) Lewes.
(d) Northampton.

2. What happens to Nell after Simon's death?
(a) She is killed by Simon's forces.
(b) She goes into exile in France.
(c) She is married to Edward's son Edward.
(d) She is kept a prisoner in Dover Castle.

3. What news does Edward give the de Montforts and Hal Planate genet?
(a) Henry is becoming too powerful.
(b) Wales is fragmenting.
(c) Henry is having trouble with the barons.
(d) Wales is unifying.

4. What does Simon have the chance to do, but turns it down?
(a) Depose the king.
(b) Be seneschal for the French King.
(c) Raise an army against King Henry.
(d) Rule France.

5. How does Edward get into Northampton to attack Simon's army?
(a) Simon thought he was letting him in for a negotiation.
(b) Inhabitants of the city defeated Simons army and then opened the gates.
(c) He batters down the walls.
(d) A monk weakened the wall.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when Simon commits his whole force to the attack?

3. What does Simon have to do after the victory over Henry?

4. What does Llewelyn agree to do, at the end of Chapter 23?

5. What does Simon ask Llewelyn for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problem have the Lusignan confronted King Henry with?

2. What problems does Simon confront after his victory over Henry?

3. What complications are caused by King Louis' mediation?

4. What are the conditions Simon imposes on King Henry when he triumphs over him?

5. Describe the defeat of Simon's army at Evesham.

6. What do the Oxford Provisions change?

7. Under what condition does Simon ultimately quit Gascony?

8. What is going on in Wales as the tensions escalate between King Henry and Simon over the Oxford Provisions?

9. What is Henry's response to Simon's attempts to enforce the Oxford Provisions?

10. How does Edward raise an army?

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