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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 is the result of the debate over Simon?

2. How does Edward try to help Henry raise an army?

3. What does Simon have the chance to do, but turns it down?

4. What are the terms Simon give Henry in surrender?

5. Why is Bran's army outside the walls of Kenilworth?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Simon de Montfort accused of by the lords of Gascony?

3. Under what condition does Simon ultimately quit Gascony?

4. What judgment is made in the case?

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

6. How does is Edward treated when he is trapped him at Gloucester Castle?

7. What is Simon's defense to the lords' accusations?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What traits are specifically English, in Falls the Shadow? How are those traits defined in relation to France and Wales?

Essay Topic 2

Would you recommend Falls the Shadow? For what purposes would you recommend Falls the Shadow, and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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