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

2. Who was made Governor to the Prince of Wales?
(a) Richard of Gloucester, the Prince's uncle.
(b) Anthony Wydville, the Prince's uncle.
(c) Bishop Leicester, the Prince's priest.
(d) Clarence, the Prince's uncle.

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

4. In what part of England did Richard of Gloucester live and govern?
(a) The south.
(b) The west.
(c) The north.
(d) The east.

5. What was the debate about the government during the King's minority?
(a) Whether or not to give Lord Hastings the position of Lord Protector.
(b) Whether or not to let the Queen govern as regent.
(c) Whether or not to give Gloucester sovereign power.
(d) Whether or not to crown the Prince of Wales.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did contemporary magnates feel about the Wydvilles?

3. Where did Jasper and Henry Tudor flee after Edward IV ascended to the throne?

4. Why does Weir theorize that Richard III murdered the Princes?

5. Whose account is the earliest evidence of rumors that the Princes were dead?

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