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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 is grown on the Island of Mon?

2. What castle is Ellen taken to at the end of Chapter 13?

3. How many years was Davydd exiled for rebelling against Llewelyn the second time?

4. What battle occurred five years prior to the beginning of the novel?

5. How does Ellen initially respond to the question Davydd asks her upon their first meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Davydd and Ellen end up meeting?

2. How does Hugh show great loyalty to Ellen in Chapter 15?

3. How is a messenger able to wound Edward in Chapter 6?

4. Who is Arwenna, and what happens to her in Chapter 7?

5. What does Nell express regrets about, and what does she want done before she dies?

6. What does Ellen realize in Chapter 13 that her role is between the feuding brothers?

7. How does Llewelyn end up preparing for war in Chapter 11?

8. What is Amaury's connection to the de Montfort brothers?

9. How and why does Davydd get married?

10. What happens after Bran leaves Guy in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Llewleyn and Davydd take very different approaches to nearly everything. They both consider themselves a leader. Compare and contrast Llewelyn and Davydd's leadership tactics and successes or failures.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Llewelyn and Ellen's marriage and relationship with Davydd and Elizabeth's marriage and relationship.

Essay Topic 3

The theme of betrayal is deeply connected to Davydd throughout The Reckoning. Discuss Davydd's many betrayals. Who has he betrayed and in what ways? How does Devaydd feeling about his betrayals? Has anyone betrayed Davydd?

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