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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Eleanor and John meet in the moments before John's coronation?

2. Who brings an army toward Eleanor's whereabouts in order to take her captive in a fight against King John?

3. Who arrives just as Eleanor is preparing her companions to be taken hostage by the enemy army?

4. Who is Stephen Langton?

5. What promise does Eleanor of Aquitaine ask John to make when she visits him after King Henry's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Eleanor and Joanna end up under siege in the castle at Mirabeau?

2. What has Henry Plantagenet not done that has caused conflict between him and his remaining sons?

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

4. In Chapter 5, who does Llewelyn capture in Wales?

5. Who is kidnapped by the Austrians? Why does John attempted to pay the Austrians to keep this person a full year?

6. How many children does Joanna discover Llewelyn has and how does she feel about them?

7. What gift does Joanna want to give to Llewelyn that she cannot wait until morning to deliver?

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

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

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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does John decide to have Joanna marry Llewelyn? What does this do for Joanna that she might not have otherwise? What does Joanna think of Llewelyn the first time she meets him? What does Joanna think of the future marriage? Why does Joanna get into an argument with Maude de Braose at her own wedding? How does Llewelyn react? Why do Joanna and Llewelyn not consummate their marriage on their wedding night? If this were revealed what might it do to Joanna's reputation?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the history of the novel. How accurate is the history of this novel? How close to the reality of the life of Llewelyn is the writer? Was there really a Joanna? Was she really the daughter of King John? How many facts about Joanna's life did the writer get accurate? What parts of Joanna's life are left unknown to history? What has the writer done with these parts of Joanna's life? What about Llewelyn? Was there really a Llewelyn? Did Llewelyn marry a woman named Joanna? What was the real Llewelyn's impact on the history of Wales?

Essay Topic 3

Why is Gruffydd imprisoned in one of his father's distant castles? Why did Joanna set him up to be exiled? How does Llewelyn react when he learns about Joanna's part in Gruffydd's actions? How does this lead to Joanna's affair? How does Llewelyn feel about his oldest son? Why did Llewelyn decide to make Davydd his sole heir? How did this cause Gruffydd to behave as he does? How does this situation compare to John's fight for the crown of England?

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