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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. Where does Edward join King Henry?

2. What is the result of Simon's plan to escape?

3. What authority has stood behind the Lusignans?

4. What do Simon and his knights do after they get Henry's letter?

5. What is Simon involved in when he hears of the illness of his daughter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why doesn't Nell de Montfort turn over castles as required by treaty, and what happens to resolve this issue?

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

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

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

8. Why do Owain and Davydd invade Gwynedd?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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