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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. How does More claim the Princes were killed?
(a) He claims they were thrown off the Tower.
(b) He claims they were smothered in their beds.
(c) He claims they were run through with swords.
(d) He claims they were poisoned.

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

3. Who wrote The History of King Richard III?
(a) Sir Thomas More.
(b) Bernard Andre.
(c) Dominic Mancini.
(d) Vergil.

4. Next to Buckingham, who was the most powerful subject in England?
(a) Suffolk.
(b) Brackenbury.
(c) Norfolk.
(d) York.

5. Just before leaving for his progress, Richard III gave his son Edward of Middleham what title?
(a) Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
(b) Ambassador to France.
(c) Lord Protector of London.
(d) Constable of Scotland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, probably, was involved in the plot against Richard III?

2. The conspiracy was evidence that, while the Princes lived, Richard III's reign would be what?

3. Why did Gloucester prefer to promote Buckingham instead of Hastings?

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

5. What was the document that formally presented Gloucester's claim to the throne?

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