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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 was Hastings captured?
(a) Gloucester staged an ambush in the council room.
(b) Gloucester followed him into a church and arrested him.
(c) He was captured after a chase on horses.
(d) He was captured while hiding in an inn.

2. Who did Edward IV appoint as the guardian of the Prince of Wales?
(a) The Queen.
(b) Richard of Gloucester.
(c) Lord Rivers.
(d) Clarence.

3. To whom did Gloucester claim Edward IV was pre-contracted, invalidating his marriage to Elizabeth Wydville?
(a) Juana of Portugal.
(b) Elizabeth Shore.
(c) Anne Neville.
(d) Lady Eleanor Butler.

4. Why did the Queen Dowager's continued stay in sanctuary embarrass Richard?
(a) It implied she was unsafe because of Richard.
(b) It meant he could not confess his love to her.
(c) She decried his name and threatened him.
(d) She was suffering from a mental illness.

5. Of what did Gloucester and Buckingham accuse Lord Rivers?
(a) They accused him of removing the King from Gloucester's guardianship.
(b) They accused him of murdering the Queen.
(c) They accused him of high treason.
(d) They accused him of staging a coup.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hastings react when Richard confided his plans to him?

2. What is Weir's conclusion as to who murdered the Princes?

3. How old was Margaret Beaufort when she gave birth to Henry Tudor?

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

5. Where did Richard spend his first night of his first progress?

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