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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. What gift does young Joanna hope to get for her fifth birthday in Chapter 7?
(a) A cat.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A dog.
(d) A hair ribbon.

2. 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 decides to help John's old friend against John's army.
(b) Gwenwynwyn owns some of the lands where the conflict between John and his old friend are taking place.
(c) Gwenwynwyn tries to take lands border his territory in Wales during the chaos between John and his old friend.
(d) Gwenwynwyn decides to help John fight back his old friend's raids.

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

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

5. Who is Ingeborg?
(a) The wife of King Philip of France.
(b) The wife of Iowerth of Wales.
(c) The first wife of King Henry.
(d) The wife of William de Braose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Llewelyn speak while in Wales?

2. What does Joanna remember the most about her trip to find her father?

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

4. Who arranges a marriage for King Richard shortly after he becomes King of England?

5. Why do Llewelyn and his family return to Wales when Llewelyn is fourteen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What conflict does King John find himself embroiled in with the Pope in Chapter 19?

4. For what reason does Morgan tell Llewelyn that Richard might never have an heir to take over the crown of England should he be made Henry's heir?

5. How does Joanna feel when she learns that her father has married and plans to bring his new wife to Westminster Palace where Joanna is currently living?

6. What are the Welsh laws of inheritance and how do these laws impact Gruffydd's acceptance of Joanna's first child?

7. Why did King Henry have his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, imprisoned for multiple years?

8. What is significant about the pledge of loyalty the Princes of Wales make to Llewelyn after a ceremony intended for the Princes of Wales to pledge allegiance to King John?

9. What law forces Llewelyn's mother, Marared, to allow her son to remain in Wales and reclaim his father's lands?

10. 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?

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