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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) November 2, 1470.
(b) April 2, 1469.
(c) June 2, 1475.
(d) January 2, 1450.

2. How was Hastings captured?
(a) Gloucester staged an ambush in the council room.
(b) He was captured while hiding in an inn.
(c) He was captured after a chase on horses.
(d) Gloucester followed him into a church and arrested him.

3. Why did the Queen Dowager's continued stay in sanctuary embarrass Richard?
(a) She was suffering from a mental illness.
(b) It implied she was unsafe because of Richard.
(c) It meant he could not confess his love to her.
(d) She decried his name and threatened him.

4. What court faction was Clarence staunchly opposed to?
(a) The French.
(b) The Welsh.
(c) The Wydvilles.
(d) The Yorkists.

5. What rumored conspiracy did Gloucester exaggerate to further his own ambitions?
(a) He exaggerated Buckingham's wealth.
(b) He exaggerated the Wydville's plot against him.
(c) He exaggerated the threat from France.
(d) He exaggerated Hastings's loyalty to Edward IV.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Elizabeth Shore?

2. In 1453, King Henry VI suffered what kind of mental illness?

3. From whom was Henry Stafford, second Duke of Buckingham, descended?

4. Who did Gloucester send with warrants for the execution of Rivers, Grey, and Vaughn?

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

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