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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who dies at the beginning of Chapter 7 after being shipwrecked while sailing from Gascony back to England?
(a) Gruffydd.
(b) Richard, brother of Joanna.
(c) King Henry.
(d) Will, brother of John.

2. Who escorts Isabella de Braose to Cricieth in Chapter 15 of Book 2?
(a) Eva de Braose, Will's wife.
(b) Davvyd, Isabella's fiance.
(c) Richard, Joanna's half brother.
(d) Nell, Joanna's half sister.

3. What is the name of the castle to which Llewelyn exiles Joanna in Chapter 12 of Book 2?
(a) Deganwy.
(b) Tregarnedd.
(c) Aber.
(d) Llanfaes.

4. Why is Windsor Castle damaged and in disarray when Joanna arrives for a visit in Chapter 1?
(a) A riot after King Henry's coronation.
(b) A riot after King John's death.
(c) The results of years of starvation.
(d) The results of a three month siege.

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

6. What does Joanna recognize in Gruffydd when he returns to Wales after being held by King John as a hostage?
(a) He no longer wishes Joanna ill will.
(b) He is just as dark and dangerous as before.
(c) He has become gentler and kind.
(d) He is more determined than ever to remove Joanna from his life.

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

8. For what reason does King John agree to accept Llewelyn's surrender in Chapter 28?
(a) To secure Davydd's future and Joanna's crown.
(b) To make a point to the Welsh people.
(c) To make amends with his son-in-law.
(d) To protect his own pride.

9. What does Llewelyn capture in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Castles in Shropshire.
(b) Castles in London.
(c) The lands of Earl of Chester.
(d) The lands of Baldwin de Hodnet.

10. What does Joanna confide in Isabelle in Chapter 1 that caused some tension in her marriage?
(a) Llewelyn's decision to turn on the other Princes of Wales.
(b) Llewelyn's decision to expand his territory into Normandy.
(c) Llewelyn's fight against Gwenwynwyn.
(d) Llewelyn's decision to support Louis in the fight against King John.

11. What castle falls to King Philip in Chapter 40 that leaves King John wondering if his people will betray him?
(a) Windsor Castle.
(b) Dover Castle.
(c) Rochester Castle.
(d) Nottingham Castle.

12. Where does Llewelyn find Joanna more than a month after she left Wales?
(a) Fontevrault Abbey.
(b) Brewood Priory.
(c) Shropesburg Priory.
(d) Westminster Abbey.

13. Where does Joanna go after leaving Wales in Chapter 32?
(a) To Fontevrault Abbey.
(b) To Conisbrough Castle.
(c) To Grantham.
(d) To Westminster.

14. What desertion causes Llewelyn's armies to fall before King John in Chapter 27?
(a) Rhys and Owain.
(b) Owain and Lord Hywel.
(c) Rhys and Prince Madog.
(d) Lord Hywel and Prince Madog.

15. Who does Joanna learn in Chapter 9 is to become Davydd's wife when she is old enough?
(a) Maude, Will de Braose' niece.
(b) Isabella, Will de Braose's daughter.
(c) Taegwystl, Catherine's daughter.
(d) Catryn, Ednevyd's daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joanna offer to do in Chapter 27 to help ease Llewelyn's decision to surrender to King John?

2. Who, in Chapter 8, collapses at Easter and dies, shocking everyone present?

3. Who is Senena?

4. Who forces himself on Joanna in Chapter 5, kissing her on the stairwell?

5. How does King John humiliate Llewelyn at the ceremony in which he accepts Llewelyn's surrender?

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