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

2. What family was young Henry Tudor sent to live with in his formative years?
(a) Jasper Tudor, staunchly Lancastrian.
(b) King Edward.
(c) Lord Herbert, staunchly Yorkist.
(d) The Earl of Pembroke.

3. Who was briefly made King during the rebellion?
(a) Richard II.
(b) Edward V.
(c) Clarence.
(d) Henry VI.

4. For what was James Tyrell so desperate that he would commit murder?
(a) He was desperate for blood.
(b) He was desperate for the line of York to end.
(c) He was desperate for an advantageous marriage.
(d) He was desperate for advancement.

5. Who probably wrote the Croyland Chronicle?
(a) John Russell, Bishop of London.
(b) Polydore Vergil, author of English History.
(c) Mancini.
(d) Sir Thomas More, chronicler of Henry VII.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Clarence, King Edward IV's brother, marry?

2. What significant person died at the Battler of Tewkesbury?

3. How did King Richard III die?

4. Who wrote The History of King Richard III?

5. Why did Edward IV take out loans from London financiers?

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