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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much sooner than expected does Joanna arrive home to Wales after her trip?
(a) A month.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) A week.
(d) Two weeks.

2. What is a liege lord?
(a) A lord who deserves payment for services rendered.
(b) A lord to whom one pledges lifelong servitude.
(c) A lord to whom one is indebted.
(d) A lord who deserves loyalty under feudal law.

3. How many years are King John and Isabelle married before a child is delivered into their union?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

4. What truth about Joanna does Isabelle stop Richard from saying in front of John?
(a) That Joanna is no longer loyal to her father.
(b) That Joanna is dying.
(c) That Joanna loves her husband.
(d) That Joanna has left the Catholic Church.

5. What city do Eleanor and her companions find themselves in when they are overrun by the enemy army?
(a) Westminster.
(b) London.
(c) Mirabeau.
(d) Shropeshire.

6. Who is Thomas Corbet?
(a) Llewelyn's childhood friend.
(b) Llewelyn's stepfather.
(c) Llewelyn's cousin by marriage.
(d) Llewelyn's uncle by marriage.

7. What physical disability does Llewelyn's brother, Adda, have?
(a) A cleft palate.
(b) Blindness.
(c) A twisted, deformed leg.
(d) Deafness.

8. To whom is Aubrey de Mara taking a message in Chapter 9?
(a) Eleanor of Aquitaine.
(b) William de Braose.
(c) Thomas Corbet.
(d) Llewleyn ab Iowerth.

9. Who does Joanna think John is when she is first brought to him in La Vieille?
(a) A kind stranger.
(b) Her father's servant.
(c) Her mother's brother.
(d) Her cousin.

10. How many separate kingdoms are there in Wales as the novel begins?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

11. Who is Morgan to Llewelyn?
(a) Priest, adviser, friend.
(b) Teacher, father-figure, cousin.
(c) Priest, friend, servant.
(d) Teacher, uncle, servant.

12. Who accuses John of killing King Henry by choosing to join Richard's battle against Henry?
(a) His illegitimate brother, Will.
(b) His brother, Young Henry.
(c) His brother, Richard.
(d) His illegitimate brother, Geoffrey.

13. From whom do the people of Wales believe they are descended?
(a) Hercules and the demigods of Greece.
(b) Brutus and the citizens of ancient Troy.
(c) Persephone and Hades.
(d) Caesar and the citizens of Rome.

14. How does Gwenwynwyn, Prince of Lower Powys, become involved in the struggle between King John and his disgraced old friend in Chapter 24?
(a) Gwenwynwyn tries to take lands border his territory in Wales during the chaos between John and his old friend.
(b) Gwenwynwyn decides to help John's old friend against John's army.
(c) Gwenwynwyn owns some of the lands where the conflict between John and his old friend are taking place.
(d) Gwenwynwyn decides to help John fight back his old friend's raids.

15. What notable person does not attend Joanna's marriage ceremony?
(a) Her uncle, Will.
(b) Her brother, Richard.
(c) Her father, King John.
(d) Her stepmother, Isabelle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Eleanor of Aquitaine prefer that John be king over Arthur, as she states in Chapter 8?

2. Who advises Joanna that she should seduce her husband and encourage him to consummate the marriage?

3. Who is Arthur's father?

4. What is Mold as described in Chapter 9?

5. Who is Will Longsword?

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