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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 did Richard III appoint Constable of the Tower?
(a) Sir John Dudley.
(b) Sir Robert Brackenbury.
(c) William Slaughter.
(d) Buckingham.

2. What was Richard III's policy on the subject of the Princes?
(a) Complete transparency.
(b) Propagated lies.
(c) Don't ask, don't tell.
(d) Complete silence.

3. Who did Clarence, King Edward IV's brother, marry?
(a) Isabella, the Earl of Warwick's daughter.
(b) Josephine, Louis XI's daughter.
(c) Elizabeth Wydville.
(d) Maria, the Spanish Infanta.

4. What rumored conspiracy did Gloucester exaggerate to further his own ambitions?
(a) He exaggerated Buckingham's wealth.
(b) He exaggerated the threat from France.
(c) He exaggerated Hastings's loyalty to Edward IV.
(d) He exaggerated the Wydville's plot against him.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What war did the murder of the Princes cause?

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

4. How was Richard of Gloucester related to King Edward IV?

5. Where did Gloucester send Rivers, Grey, and Vaughn?

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