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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Elen hear Gruffydd is planning, when she gets to Gloucester?
2. Why has Elen wished her husband dead?
3. What distracts Llelo?
4. What comes of Llelo's fear?
5. What is the reason for the English forces' withdrawal?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does King Henry respond when it becomes clear that his sister is not pregnant?
2. Describe Davydd's war with Senena and her supporters.
3. What is Gruffydd preparing to fight for, and how do his preparations affect Davydd's plans?
4. How does Davydd capture Gruffydd and Owain?
5. What happens when Davydd dies?
6. Why does Henry go to war with France?
7. What does Llelo see that he is not supposed to see, and what does his father make him do?
8. Describe Simon's experience fighting with Henry against the French.
9. Why is Llelo's relationship with his grandfather a secret?
10. How does Elen react to John the Scot's death?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.
Essay Topic 2
What do you think is the heart of Falls the Shadow for Penman? Is it the medieval lifestyle? The political struggle? The warfare? The emergence of an effective government from the monarchical government?
Essay Topic 3
Use this book as a meditation on the value of a five-star rating system. Is a five-star system sufficient to a book like this? Would you need to have sub-topics for the rating system, for plot, characterization, language, etc? What other sub-topics would you need? What value or importance gets lost in a five-star scale? Design a scale that would be better for this book.
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