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

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

3. What significant person died at the Battler of Tewkesbury?
(a) Prince Edward of Lancaster.
(b) The Earl of Warwick.
(c) King Edward IV.
(d) King Henry VI.

4. Where did Gloucester send Rivers, Grey, and Vaughn?
(a) He sent them to Wales.
(b) He sent them to France to fight.
(c) He sent them to the Tower of London.
(d) He sent them to strongholds in the north.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was briefly made King during the rebellion?

2. What charge did Warwick and Clarence try to level against Edward IV?

3. How many months was Queen Elizabeth forced to stay in sanctuary with her children?

4. What title did Edward IV give Richard just before his death?

5. Why did the Queen Dowager's continued stay in sanctuary embarrass Richard?

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