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

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

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

4. What causes a falling out between Joanna and Llewelyn in Chapter 8?
(a) Joanna's glee at Gruffydd's punishment.
(b) Llewelyn's affair with Cristyn.
(c) Joanna's affair with Will de Braose.
(d) Llewelyn's knowledge that Joanna set Gruffydd up.

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

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. What argument do Llewelyn and Gruffydd have in Chapter 2?

3. How did Maude de Braose die?

4. For what reason does King John agree to accept Llewelyn's surrender in Chapter 28?

5. What does Joanna think will save Elen's marriage and make her happy in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the King's treasures lost in Chapter 41? Who is responsible?

2. Why does Isabelle remarry? How does King Henry respond to Isabelle's choices?

3. Why does Joanna goad Gruffydd into an argument in Aber's great hall in Chapter 8 of Book 2?

4. What punishment does the Pope level on King Philip of France for his continued fight against King John?

5. What is significant about the hostages and the number of hostages King John demands of Llewelyn after his surrender as a sign of good faith?

6. What enemy becomes King John's ally in Chapter 36?

7. Why are the people of Wales shocked when Llewelyn returns Joanna to her rightful place as his wife?

8. Why does Llewelyn refuse to accept any of Joanna's letters?

9. What does Llewelyn's decision to confront Joanna and ask her to return to him in Wales say about his feelings for his young wife? What might this foreshadow for the relationship as the novel continues to develop?

10. Why does King Henry ask the Pope to declare Joanna a legitimate child of King John? How does the Pope do this?

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