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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Gloucester prefer to promote Buckingham instead of Hastings?
(a) Hastings did not have as much money as Buckingham.
(b) Hastings was still loyal to Edward V.
(c) Hastings wanted to marry Elizabeth Wydville.
(d) Hastings was very ill and would probably die within the month.

2. What did Gloucester tell the councillors about Hastings's execution?
(a) He said Hastings had planned to marry Elizabeth Wydville.
(b) He said Hastings had planned to usurp the throne.
(c) He said Hastings had planned to kidnap the king.
(d) He said Hastings had planned to murder him in the council meeting.

3. Who was made Governor to the Prince of Wales?
(a) Bishop Leicester, the Prince's priest.
(b) Clarence, the Prince's uncle.
(c) Anthony Wydville, the Prince's uncle.
(d) Richard of Gloucester, the Prince's uncle.

4. Why did Edward IV take out loans from London financiers?
(a) His court was extravagant and he needed the money to keep up appearances..
(b) He was terrible at managing money.
(c) He was financing a war with Brittany.
(d) He was building a great fleet of ships.

5. To whom did Gloucester claim Edward IV was pre-contracted, invalidating his marriage to Elizabeth Wydville?
(a) Lady Eleanor Butler.
(b) Anne Neville.
(c) Elizabeth Shore.
(d) Juana of Portugal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two groups did Edward IV fail to unify before his death?

2. How did contemporary magnates feel about the Wydvilles?

3. Why did Edward IV and Clarence quarrel over Warwick's estates?

4. What charge did Warwick and Clarence try to level against Edward IV?

5. With whom did Warwick ally himself to invade England in 1470?

Short Essay Questions

1. What misconceptions does Weir bring to light about the Wars of the Roses?

2. Why was the succession to the English throne unstable in the fifteenth century after Edward III's death?

3. How did Edward IV shock the world with his marriage?

4. Though most councilmen did not believe the pre-contract story, why did they choose to support Richard III?

5. Why did Edward IV have no legal right to name Gloucester Lord Protector?

6. How did Gloucester back up his claim that Edward V was illegitimate?

7. In what kind of world did Richard, Duke of Gloucester and brother of Henry IV, come of age?

8. What was amazing about Gloucester and Buckingham's coup?

9. When Hastings learned of Gloucester's plot to take the throne, what did he do?

10. By the time he reached forty, what could be said of Edward IV's lifestyle?

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