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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. Why did Gloucester prefer to promote Buckingham instead of Hastings?
(a) Hastings did not have as much money as Buckingham.
(b) Hastings was still loyal to Edward V.
(c) Hastings was very ill and would probably die within the month.
(d) Hastings wanted to marry Elizabeth Wydville.

2. How did Richard construe his capture of the King?
(a) He told the councillors he missed his nephew dearly.
(b) He called it a rescue, and he was restoring the kingdom to right.
(c) He called Edward V a traitor and sent him to prison.
(d) He told everyone he deserved to be king, not Edward.

3. What do most commentators and historians agree Edward IV's marriage was based upon?
(a) Politics.
(b) True love.
(c) Lust.
(d) Mutual respect.

4. Where did Richard spend his first night of his first progress?
(a) Bath.
(b) The Tower.
(c) Cheapside.
(d) Reading.

5. In 1453, King Henry VI suffered what kind of mental illness?
(a) Paranoid delusions.
(b) Catatonic schizophrenia.
(c) Depression.
(d) Turrets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what did Gloucester and Buckingham accuse Lord Rivers?

2. For what was James Tyrell so desperate that he would commit murder?

3. Who did Richard III order to kill the Princes?

4. Why was Edward IV's marriage to Elizabeth Wydville scandalous?

5. What was the debate about the government during the King's minority?

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