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

2. How many legitimate children did Richard have?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) One.

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

4. When they spoke to King Edward V, who did Gloucester and Buckingham blame for Edward IV's death?
(a) They blamed the French.
(b) They blamed Parliament.
(c) They blamed his ministers.
(d) They blamed the northerners.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Weir's theory about Richard's alleged physical deformity?

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

3. Who probably wrote the Croyland Chronicle?

4. Who did Gloucester basically force out of sanctuary?

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

(see the answer key)

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