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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-18, An Incestuous Passion, A Dark Prince.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Henry Tudor?
(a) The Plantagenet claimant to the throne.
(b) The Lancastrian claimant to the throne.
(c) The Yorkist claimant to the throne.
(d) The Stuart claimant to the throne.

2. Who probably wrote the Croyland Chronicle?
(a) Polydore Vergil, author of English History.
(b) John Russell, Bishop of London.
(c) Mancini.
(d) Sir Thomas More, chronicler of Henry VII.

3. Who was Elizabeth Shore?
(a) She was the King's niece.
(b) She was the King's daughter.
(c) She was the King's favorite mistress.
(d) She was the King's wife.

4. Who was sent to live with Gloucester's wife, this person's maternal aunt?
(a) The Duke of Buckingham.
(b) The Earl of Warwick.
(c) The Marquess of Dorset.
(d) The Duke of York.

5. What plot was hatched in Sanctuary against Richard III?
(a) A plot to rescue Edward and Richard.
(b) A plot to poison Richard III.
(c) A plot to take Edward V's sisters overseas.
(d) A plot to marry Elizabeth Wydville to someone else.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Hastings executed so swiftly after Gloucester's accusation?

2. With whom may Richard III have had an affair during his wife's illness?

3. By conspiring to protect the Princes, what had the conspirators actually done?

4. Who was briefly made King during the rebellion?

5. After discovering the conspiracy, what did Richard III do?

(see the answer key)

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