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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14, The Princes in the Tower, The Wicked Uncle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what crime was Clarence ultimately executed?
(a) High treason.
(b) Murder.
(c) Rape.
(d) Grand Larceny.

2. What was the document that formally presented Gloucester's claim to the throne?
(a) Titulus Regius.
(b) The Act of Attainder.
(c) The King's Claim.
(d) Renia Suprema.

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

4. What process usually reserved for magnates of the realm was overlooked before Hastings' execution?
(a) He had the right to say goodbye to his loved ones.
(b) He had the right to create a new will.
(c) He had the right to defend himself in a public trial.
(d) He had the right to be tried by his peers in Parliament.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do most commentators and historians agree Edward IV's marriage was based upon?

2. How did Gloucester try to disinherit the Princes?

3. Who wrote The History of King Richard III?

4. At the time of the War of the Roses, how much of the English population lived in towns and cities?

5. In what language were most of Richard III's devotional books?

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