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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4, Richard of Gloucester, Clarence and the Wydvilles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Richard marry?
(a) Juana of Portugal.
(b) Anne of Neville.
(c) Elizabeth of York.
(d) Mary of Wales.

2. How did King Edward IV stun the world with his marriage?
(a) He married the daughter of Louis XI.
(b) He secretly married Queen Margaret.
(c) He betrothed himself to the Spanish Infanta.
(d) He secretly married an English commoner, Elizabeth Wydville.

3. During the time period, what did people think physical deformity meant about an individual?
(a) They thought physical deformity was due to bathing.
(b) They thought physical deformity represented spiritual deformity.
(c) They thought physical deformity was reversible.
(d) They thought physical deformity meant godliness.

4. How was Richard of Gloucester related to King Edward IV?
(a) They were brothers through marriage.
(b) They were father and son.
(c) They were brothers.
(d) They were cousins.

5. What, according to the author, are the most important pieces in the puzzle of the Princes?
(a) Character analysis of Richard III.
(b) Edward IV's eyewitness account.
(c) Forensic evidence.
(d) Contemporary sources.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who were the children of Edward IV and Elizabeth Wydville?

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

5. How many of the great English aristocratic families became extinct because of the War of the Roses?

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