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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-21, Pretenders, Tyrell's Confession, The Skeletons in the Tower.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do most contemporary historians think Gloucester had made up his mind to usurp the throne?
(a) The end of May, 1483.
(b) The beginning of January, 1483.
(c) The middle of June, 1483.
(d) The end of September, 1483.

2. What writer besides More was responsible for Richard III's widespread evil reputation?
(a) John Dunne.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) Sir Walter Raleigh.
(d) Edmund Spencer.

3. Who did Perkin Warbeck pretend to be?
(a) Henry, Duke of York.
(b) Edward V.
(c) Richard, Duke of York.
(d) Richard Plantagenet.

4. What two groups did Edward IV fail to unify before his death?
(a) The Welsh and the French.
(b) The Yorkists and the Tudors.
(c) Richard and the Wydvilles.
(d) Clarence and Richard.

5. Who did Gloucester claim withered his arm using witchcraft?
(a) Elizabeth Wydville and Elizabeth Shore.
(b) Hastings and Mancini.
(c) Buckingham and York.
(d) Rivers and Grey.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom was Henry Stafford, second Duke of Buckingham, descended?

2. How did the English southerners view the English northerners?

3. Before she allowed her daughters to leave sanctuary, what did Elizabeth Wydville ask Richard III to do?

4. Where in the Tower of London were the Princes probably kept?

5. Why was it dangerous for Henry VII that the bodies of the Princes were lost?

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