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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. Why has Elen wished her husband dead?

2. What are Elen's feelings on her husband's death?

3. Whose wedding do Simon de Montfort and Nell prepare to attend?

4. Where is Gruffydd's father dying?

5. What is Nell afraid for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Davydd give up when he surrenders to King Henry?

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

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

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

5. What is the consequence of Henry's war with the French?

6. Describe Johanna's death.

7. Who are Llelo's parents, and what status does this give him?

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

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

10. How does Gruffydd lose his land?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the Oxford Provisions? Who benefited by their implementation? Whose power was curtailed? Was it a step forward? Cite evidence from the novel to argue one way or the other.

Essay Topic 2

If you were to change Falls the Shadow, or write another work on the same topic, what would you do differently? What events would you cover in more detail? How would you tell this story differently yourself?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the family dramas of Llewelyn and Gruffydd and the drama of Simon's opposition to Henry. How are they similar? How are they different? How does the book reconcile the two dramas?

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