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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Joanna unknowingly save Gruffydd's life in Chapter 30?
(a) By sending a letter to Richard warning of an assassination plot.
(b) By leaving her husband and going to King John.
(c) By having an affair with Will de Braose.
(d) By sending a letter to her father warning him of a plot against his life.

2. Where has John been staying when Richard goes to meet up with him in Chapter 33?
(a) Nottingham with Isabelle.
(b) Ewell with the Knights Templar.
(c) Wales with Joanna.
(d) Fontevrault Abbey with Eleanor.

3. What does Llewelyn tell Morgan must happen in Wales before their can be peace in Chapter 27?
(a) All of Wales must pay into the war fund.
(b) All of Wales must unite around one man, one prince.
(c) All of Wales must surrender to King John.
(d) All of Wales must take up arms against France.

4. Who is Senena?
(a) Llewelyn's daughter.
(b) Joanna's new maid.
(c) Gruffydd's wife.
(d) Isabelle's maid.

5. How did Maude de Braose die?
(a) She was hung.
(b) She suffered a heart attack.
(c) She was starved.
(d) She was beheaded.

6. What promise does Llewelyn force Joanna to make before taking her back as his wife in Chapter 32?
(a) She will use her influence to force King John to release the surviving hostages.
(b) That she will disown her own father.
(c) That she will never leave him again.
(d) That she will no longer divide her loyalties between Llewelyn and John.

7. Who is the first to recant his loyalty to Llewelyn after the ceremony naming Llewelyn the Prince of Wales?
(a) Maelgwn.
(b) Gwenwynwyn.
(c) Madog.
(d) Rhys.

8. Who agrees to help Joanna in Chapter 8 force Llewelyn to send Gruffydd away after a fight between Gruffydd and Davydd?
(a) Madog.
(b) Ednyved.
(c) Gwenydd.
(d) Rhys.

9. What item, untouched, does Llewelyn return to Joanna her first day of exile?
(a) A purse full of coins.
(b) A letter.
(c) A picture.
(d) A wedding ring.

10. What does the Pope do that increases King John's unhappiness with Wales and with Llewelyn personally?
(a) Lifts the Interdict from Wales and frees the Princes of Wales from the oath to King John.
(b) Promises paradise to all Welshmen who take up arms against King John.
(c) Allows Llewelyn the right to appoint the Archbishop of Cantebury.
(d) Excommunicates King John, but not Llewelyn.

11. Who does Llewelyn meet on the battlefield in Chapter 6?
(a) King Henry.
(b) Gruffydd.
(c) Will de Braose.
(d) Stephen de Hodnet.

12. Where has Gruffydd spent the months since the hangings at Nottingham?
(a) A locked bed chamber.
(b) A seaside castle.
(c) A dark cellar.
(d) A cell.

13. Who tells Llewelyn in Chapter 4 that Gruffydd has taken up arms against Wales, Llewelyn in particular?
(a) Ednyved.
(b) Gwyn.
(c) Ednewain.
(d) Rhys.

14. To whom does Joanna compare her own exile at her husband's hands?
(a) Ingeborg.
(b) Eleanor of Aquintaines.
(c) Elen of Chester.
(d) Isabelle.

15. What, in Chapter 8, does Gruffydd challenge Llewelyn to do that makes Joanna fear that Gruffydd had intended to kill Llewelyn?
(a) Ride a wild horse.
(b) Swim in a frozen sea.
(c) Eat raw oysters.
(d) Fight a champion swordsman.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the people of Bangor react when Llewelyn rides into town with Joanna at his side in Chapter 16 of Book 2?

2. How is Gruffydd's release finally secured?

3. What reason does Elen give for not wanting to marry the man her father has chosen for her in Chapter 5?

4. Who is King John raising an army to battle in Chapter 33?

5. Why does Joanna refuse to accompany Llewelyn to visit King John in Chapter 38?

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