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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 was Buckingham rewarded for supporting Gloucester?
(a) He was given control of the fleet and the treasury.
(b) He was made Prince of Wales, Duke of Norfolk, and Earl of Nottingham.
(c) He was created Constable of England, Chief Justice, and Lord Chamberlain of Wales.
(d) He was given an expensive gold cup.

2. On what date did the Battle of Bosworth take place?
(a) June 19.
(b) June 13.
(c) August 22nd.
(d) July 3rd.

3. What did Gloucester tell the councillors about Hastings's execution?
(a) He said Hastings had planned to murder him in the council meeting.
(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 marry Elizabeth Wydville.

4. Why does Weir theorize that Richard III murdered the Princes?
(a) He never produced them again, even when it would have been politically advantageous.
(b) Newly discovered forensic evidence proves his guilt beyond a doubt.
(c) He confessed in a letter to a bishop.
(d) He hated children and disliked any in his court.

5. Whose account is the earliest evidence of rumors that the Princes were dead?
(a) The Croyland Chronicle.
(b) The Buckingham Pages.
(c) Sir Thomas More.
(d) Dominic Mancini.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does More claim the Princes were killed?

3. Why was Edward IV's marriage to Elizabeth Wydville scandalous?

4. What rival factions would be united if Elizabeth and Henry Tudor married?

5. After Hastings's death, where did the Marquess of Dorset flee?

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