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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6, Deadly Feuds and Factions, Those of the Queen's Blood.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why weren't Clarence's children eligible for the succession?
(a) They were killed after his execution.
(b) They were sent to Spain after his execution.
(c) They were blocked by a bill of attainder.
(d) They were all bastards.

2. For what crime was Clarence ultimately executed?
(a) Rape.
(b) Grand Larceny.
(c) High treason.
(d) Murder.

3. How did contemporary magnates feel about the Wydvilles?
(a) No one knew the Wydvilles at court.
(b) They had no feeling one way or another.
(c) They disliked the faction, thinking them common.
(d) They supported the faction, which was very popular.

4. With what country had England declared war just before the death of Edward IV?
(a) Spain.
(b) France.
(c) Portugal.
(d) Germany.

5. Between what two houses was the War of the Roses?
(a) York and Tudor.
(b) Plantagent and Lancaster.
(c) Windsor and Tudor.
(d) York and Lancaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two groups did Edward IV fail to unify before his death?

2. At age forty, how is Edward IV described physically by his contemporaries?

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

4. What court faction was Clarence staunchly opposed to?

5. Who did Edward IV appoint as the guardian of the Prince of Wales?

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