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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. When did Queen Elizabeth give birth to Prince Edward?
(a) January 2, 1450.
(b) November 2, 1470.
(c) April 2, 1469.
(d) June 2, 1475.

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

3. What charge did Warwick and Clarence try to level against Edward IV?
(a) They attempted to disprove his policies.
(b) They tried to charge him with murder.
(c) They attempted to have him declared a bastard.
(d) They tried to declare his marriage invalid.

4. Why did Edward IV and Clarence quarrel over Warwick's estates?
(a) Clarence was not given all the estates like he wanted.
(b) Clarence did not think Warwick's estates should have been taken.
(c) Edward IV gave the estates back to Warwick.
(d) Edward IV was not allowed to keep the estates.

5. Who wrote The History of King Richard III?
(a) Sir Thomas More.
(b) Vergil.
(c) Bernard Andre.
(d) Dominic Mancini.

Short Answer Questions

1. During Edward IV's reign, what was England's state?

2. How did Hastings react when Richard confided his plans to him?

3. What process usually reserved for magnates of the realm was overlooked before Hastings' execution?

4. What court faction was Clarence staunchly opposed to?

5. To whom did Gloucester claim Edward IV was pre-contracted, invalidating his marriage to Elizabeth Wydville?

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