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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10, The Fall of Hastings, This Act of Usurpation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Hastings react when Richard confided his plans to him?
(a) Hastings flees north to Scotland.
(b) Hastings supported him in usurping the throne.
(c) Hastings was shocked and warned the king.
(d) Hastings immediately plans to seize the throne for himself.

2. What did Gloucester tell the councillors about Hastings's execution?
(a) He said Hastings had planned to marry Elizabeth Wydville.
(b) He said Hastings had planned to kidnap the king.
(c) He said Hastings had planned to murder him in the council meeting.
(d) He said Hastings had planned to usurp the throne.

3. What House does Edward IV's marriage ultimately destroy?
(a) The Windsor House.
(b) The Tudor House.
(c) The Yorkist House.
(d) The Lancaster House.

4. What two groups did Edward IV fail to unify before his death?
(a) The Welsh and the French.
(b) The Yorkists and the Tudors.
(c) Clarence and Richard.
(d) Richard and the Wydvilles.

5. What other member of his family did Gloucester have to slander to overcome the Princes?
(a) Anne Neville, his wife.
(b) Clarence, his brother.
(c) The Duchess of York, his mother.
(d) Elizabeth, his sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group was appointed to watch over the Prince of Wales until he reached adulthood?

2. How did Richard construe his capture of the King?

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

4. What disease did Edward IV contract after a fishing trip?

5. When did Queen Elizabeth give birth to Prince Edward?

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