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

2. Why does Henry want to stop at Evesham?
(a) To attack Simon's army.
(b) To see a mistress.
(c) To sleep inside.
(d) To attend mass.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Henry in the Tower of London?

2. What news does Edward give the de Montforts and Hal Planate genet?

3. With whom does Simon have a falling out?

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

5. How is Simon's leg broken?

Short Essay Questions

1. What brings Simon to renounce his loyalty to King Henry?

2. What happens to Simon's body after death?

3. What problems does Simon encounter after subduing King Henry?

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

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

6. What do the Oxford Provisions change?

7. How is Simon's army nearly wiped out?

8. Describe the destruction of Bran de Montfort's army at Kenilworth.

9. What is Edward's role in the opposition between Simon and King Henry?

10. What is the outcome of Owain and Davydd's fight for Gwynedd?

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