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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 Henry's response to the outcome?

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

3. How does Edward get into Northampton to attack Simon's army?

4. How is Simon's leg broken?

5. Who mediates between King Henry and Simon de Montfort?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What problems does Simon confront after his victory over Henry?

4. What judgment is made in the case?

5. How does Simon's defeat affect Llewelyn and Nell?

6. Under what condition does Simon ultimately quit Gascony?

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

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

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

10. How does Edward raise an army?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What tradeoffs would have been required for the Oxford Provisions to have taken effect? If there is a lesson in the war Simon waged to enforce them, what is it?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an evaluative review of Falls the Shadow. What is this book's place in culture? What are its uses? Who is its audience? What are its limitations?

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