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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Eleanor and John meet in the moments before John's coronation?
(a) Before the tombs of Geoffrey and Young Henry.
(b) In the sanctuary of the church.
(c) In the Bishop's room.
(d) Before the tombs of Richard and Henry Plantagenet.

2. Why did Eleanor leave King Henry and return to her own lands in Aquitaine?
(a) King Henry wanted a divorce.
(b) King Henry was flaunting his mistress.
(c) King Henry was abusive.
(d) King Henry wanted more children.

3. Who arrives just as Eleanor is preparing her companions to be taken hostage by the enemy army?
(a) Llewelyn and his army.
(b) Philip and his army.
(c) John and his army.
(d) Arthur and his army.

4. Who is Joanna's biological father?
(a) Hugh Corbet.
(b) King Richard.
(c) Llewelyn.
(d) John, son of Henry Plantagenet.

5. Why did the Pope place France under Interdict after King Philip's marriage to the Duke of Meran's daughter?
(a) King Philip refused to marry the Pope's neice.
(b) King Philip was already married.
(c) King Philip had been excommunicated.
(d) King Philip paid the Duke of Meran for his daughter's hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason inspired the arranged marriage for Richard in 1191?

2. What is the traditional name of Wales?

3. What does Llewelyn plan to do now that he has returned to Wales?

4. What gift does young Joanna hope to get for her fifth birthday in Chapter 7?

5. Who is Thomas Corbet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does Morgan, Llewelyn's priest and adviser, give Llewelyn after his encounter with Walter de Hodnet?

2. What language is spoken at Aber? How does this effect Joanna?

3. Why does John convince the Count of Angouleme to allow him to marry his daughter, Isabelle?

4. Why does Llewelyn defy King John and attack Lower Powys after the arrest of Gwenwynwyn, the Prince of Lower Powys?

5. What does Maude de Braose say in Chapter 23 that causes the destruction of her family?

6. What conflict does the death of Henry Planatenet's heir cause?

7. Who is Clemence? What is significant about her death?

8. Who is Tangwystl? What is her relationship to Llewelyn?

9. Why does King John feel that a marriage to Llewleyn ab Iorwerth will provide Joanna with a title she would not be able to secure in any other way?

10. What happens to Arthur after King John takes him prisoner in Chapter 12?

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