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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. What was the debate about the government during the King's minority?
(a) Whether or not to let the Queen govern as regent.
(b) Whether or not to give Lord Hastings the position of Lord Protector.
(c) Whether or not to crown the Prince of Wales.
(d) Whether or not to give Gloucester sovereign power.

2. At age forty, how is Edward IV described physically by his contemporaries?
(a) He is described as short and dark, with muscular shoulders and legs.
(b) He is described as tall and thin, extremely pious and eating little.
(c) He is described as overweight, partaking in too many of life's excesses.
(d) He is described as slim and willowy, almost ladylike.

3. What was discovered about Richard III's character after the usurpation?
(a) He was a warmonger and planned to be always on the battlefield.
(b) He was deathly afraid of illness and obsessed with cleanliness.
(c) His loyalty to Edward IV was only skin deep, and he had a cruel streak.
(d) He was terrible at making tough decisions.

4. Who was Richard of Gloucester's son?
(a) Edward V.
(b) Edward of Middleham.
(c) Richard of York.
(d) Henry Tudor.

5. By conspiring to protect the Princes, what had the conspirators actually done?
(a) The conspirators had turned the world against Richard III.
(b) The conspirators had set the stage to rescue them.
(c) The conspirators had turned France against them.
(d) The conspirators had sealed the Princes' fate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who probably wrote the Croyland Chronicle?

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

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

4. Edward V grew up under control of which court faction?

5. What was rumored about Richard of Gloucester's appearance?

(see the answer key)

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