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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 Davydd hope he can do in Wales?

2. What is the king's response to the complaints made about Simon?

3. What does Nell do for Elen's children?

4. What are Edward's plans with regard to Wales?

5. What happens when the King agrees to Simon's demands?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do the Oxford Provisions change?

4. What is Simon's role in the controversy over the Lusignans?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

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

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