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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. Who did Gloucester claim withered his arm using witchcraft?
(a) Rivers and Grey.
(b) Hastings and Mancini.
(c) Elizabeth Wydville and Elizabeth Shore.
(d) Buckingham and York.

2. What group was appointed to watch over the Prince of Wales until he reached adulthood?
(a) An elite team of knights including Arthur and Lancelot.
(b) A legal team of Parliament lawyers.
(c) A Council including the Queen, Richard, and Clarence.
(d) A group of German mercenaries.

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

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

5. Why did the Wydvilles want to crown Edward V immediately?
(a) They did not want Richard to be the Lord Protector.
(b) They needed his guidance in the war with France.
(c) They could not wait for the coronation party.
(d) They did not want Lord Rivers to gain power.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Richard's coup, what family's power in court ended?

2. What other major health problem did Edward IV have after his return?

3. What, according to the author, are the most important pieces in the puzzle of the Princes?

4. Who were the children of Edward IV and Elizabeth Wydville?

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

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