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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. Who did Gloucester send with warrants for the execution of Rivers, Grey, and Vaughn?
(a) The Duke of Buckingham.
(b) Hastings.
(c) Richard Ratcliffe.
(d) John Morton, Bishop of Ely.

2. Who, probably, was involved in the plot against Richard III?
(a) The Queen and her brothers.
(b) The Lancastrians.
(c) The French.
(d) The northerners.

3. What disease did Edward IV contract after a fishing trip?
(a) Scoliosis.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) The bubonic plague.
(d) Syphilis.

4. Who was Henry Tudor?
(a) The Plantagenet claimant to the throne.
(b) The Stuart claimant to the throne.
(c) The Lancastrian claimant to the throne.
(d) The Yorkist claimant to the throne.

5. Initially, who was Gloucester's chief supporter?
(a) The Duke of Buckingham.
(b) Henry Tudor.
(c) The Queen mother.
(d) The Duke of York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was briefly made King during the rebellion?

2. Why were all of Gloucester's actions illegal?

3. What two groups did Edward IV fail to unify before his death?

4. Just before leaving for his progress, Richard III gave his son Edward of Middleham what title?

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

(see the answer key)

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