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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. How does More claim the Princes were killed?
(a) He claims they were thrown off the Tower.
(b) He claims they were smothered in their beds.
(c) He claims they were run through with swords.
(d) He claims they were poisoned.

2. What is the difference between Gloucester's Protectorship and Duke Humphrey's?
(a) Humphrey staged a coup and Gloucester was loyal to the king.
(b) Humphrey had control of the military and Gloucester did not.
(c) Humphrey was a figurehead and Gloucester had sovereign power.
(d) Humphrey had sovereign power and Gloucester was a figurehead.

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

4. Who was significantly absent from Richard III's coronation ceremony?
(a) His mother, the Duchess of York.
(b) His brother Clarence.
(c) Henry Tudor.
(d) Elizabeth Wydville.

5. What other member of his family did Gloucester have to slander to overcome the Princes?
(a) The Duchess of York, his mother.
(b) Elizabeth, his sister.
(c) Clarence, his brother.
(d) Anne Neville, his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time of the War of the Roses, how much of the English population lived in towns and cities?

2. How did the King feel about Elizabeth Wydville's refusal to leave sanctuary?

3. Who was the first sovereign of the House of York?

4. What process usually reserved for magnates of the realm was overlooked before Hastings' execution?

5. Where did Richard spend his first night of his first progress?

(see the answer key)

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