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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. Who advises Joanna that she should seduce her husband and encourage him to consummate the marriage?

2. How does Gwenwynwyn, Prince of Lower Powys, become involved in the struggle between King John and his disgraced old friend in Chapter 24?

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

4. Who is openly hostile to Joanna upon her arrival in Wales?

5. Who announces that King John murdered Arthur in cold blood in front of her entire family and King John's guards?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Joanna return to Aber two weeks sooner than planned in Chapter 20?

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

6. What does Henry Plantagenet tell John that causes him to decide to join Richard in his fight for the crown rather than to remain at his father's side?

7. What happens to Llewelyn after he begins the trip back to Caus Castle from Shrewsbury?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Eleanor of Aquitaine? Why was she in prison for many years? Who was her first husband? Who was her second husband? Why did Eleanor have her first marriage annulled? Why did Eleanor humiliate her second husband? What was the result of that humiliation? Why does Eleanor encourage Richard to make John his heir instead of Richard's own child, Arthur? What does Joanna think of Eleanor upon their first meeting? Why does Arthur attempt to kidnap Eleanor? How does John save her?

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

How do Llewelyn's children react to their new stepmother? Why does Gruffydd treat Joanna with such disrespect? What is Gruffydd's biggest fear in relation to his father's marriage to Joanna? Does Joanna do something to upset Gruffydd? How do Gruffydd's sisters feel about Joanna? How does this make Joanna feel about her marriage to Llewelyn?

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