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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12, Richard III, Conspiracies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the English southerners view the English northerners?
(a) The southerners thought the northerners were all Irish.
(b) The southerners thought the northerners highly refined.
(c) The southerners thought the northerners were all Scottish.
(d) The southerners thought the northerners were brutish people.

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

3. Where did Gloucester send Rivers, Grey, and Vaughn?
(a) He sent them to France to fight.
(b) He sent them to strongholds in the north.
(c) He sent them to Wales.
(d) He sent them to the Tower of London.

4. Of what did Gloucester and Buckingham accuse Lord Rivers?
(a) They accused him of removing the King from Gloucester's guardianship.
(b) They accused him of high treason.
(c) They accused him of staging a coup.
(d) They accused him of murdering the Queen.

5. What is Weir's theory about Richard's alleged physical deformity?
(a) She thinks it was a complete lie.
(b) She thinks it was absolutely true.
(c) She thinks it was his leg, not his shoulder.
(d) She thinks it was exaggerated.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Richard increase his power on the council?

2. What court faction was Clarence staunchly opposed to?

3. Who was significantly absent from Richard III's coronation ceremony?

4. Who, probably, was involved in the plot against Richard III?

5. Why did the Queen Dowager's continued stay in sanctuary embarrass Richard?

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