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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. Why did Buckingham finally agree to support the rebellion?
(a) He wanted to be king.
(b) He finally raised enough capital.
(c) He heard the Princes were dead.
(d) His wife encouraged him to do it.

2. Why was Hastings executed so swiftly after Gloucester's accusation?
(a) He angered his attendants and they could not wait to put him to death.
(b) The Queen insisted his execution be expedited.
(c) It was the law that the accused be executed quickly.
(d) He knew too much about Gloucester's plot to usurp the throne.

3. What outraged the chroniclers about the treatment of Richard III's corpse?
(a) It was treated as the corpse of a felon.
(b) It was accorded all the honors due to a king.
(c) It was displayed on Traitor's Gate.
(d) It was hidden away and not publicly buried.

4. When Gloucester and Buckingham arrived at Northampton, where was the King?
(a) Fifteen miles north in Bath.
(b) Fourteen miles south in Stony Stratford.
(c) Thirty miles south in London.
(d) Ten miles west in Shropshire.

5. Who was Margaret Beaufort?
(a) The mother of Edward V and Richard, Duke of York.
(b) The sister of Elizabeth Wydville.
(c) The cousin of Edward IV.
(d) The daughter of John of Gaunt and wife of the late Henry Tudor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Weir's conclusion as to who murdered the Princes?

2. Upon the death of the Princes, who in England had the best claim to the throne?

3. What did Richard III do to Margaret Beaufort?

4. Where specifically was Richard III not to take Elizabeth Wydville's daughters?

5. Before she allowed her daughters to leave sanctuary, what did Elizabeth Wydville ask Richard III to do?

(see the answer key)

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