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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. What outside force begins to invade Wales during the reigns of the Norman Conqueror, William the Bastard, and his sons?

2. What does Joanna find when she enters her husband's bedchamber to give him a gift she has brought?

3. Who advises Joanna's husband that Joanna is unhappy in her new home?

4. Why does Eleanor of Aquitaine take one hundred thousand silver marks to Germany in January of 1194?

5. How old is Isabelle of Angouleme when King John makes a deal with her father to marry her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why has King John had a falling out with William de Braose in Chapter 22?

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

5. In the six or seven years that Llewleyn has been back in Wales, what territories has he managed to capture? Why?

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. Who is Stephen de Hodnet and why has he come to Llewelyn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following character relationships in detail, citing supporting information from the novel:

1) John and Joanna

2) Eleanor of Aquitaine and John

3) Eleanor of Aquitaine and Joanna.

Essay Topic 2

Who is Llewelyn? Why is he living in England when the novel begins? How does he feel about this situation? Why? How does Llewelyn respond to the attack by an English bully? Why is Llewelyn ashamed of his response to this attack? What does Llewelyn's mother hope the future will hold for him? What does Llewelyn want for his future? How does Llewelyn break free of his mother's expectations?

Essay Topic 3

Define the following and list examples from the novel:

1) Metaphor

2) Symbolism

3) Objects

4) Character Motivation.

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