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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16, Rebellion, An Especial Good Lord.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did King Edward IV stun the world with his marriage?
(a) He secretly married an English commoner, Elizabeth Wydville.
(b) He secretly married Queen Margaret.
(c) He betrothed himself to the Spanish Infanta.
(d) He married the daughter of Louis XI.

2. How did the King feel about Elizabeth Wydville's refusal to leave sanctuary?
(a) Angry.
(b) Bereft.
(c) Embarrassed.
(d) Ecstatic.

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

4. According to Weir, could Buckingham have murdered the Princes?
(a) Yes, he had killed before and would again.
(b) Yes, he was power hungry and would do anything for money.
(c) No, they were like sons to him.
(d) No, he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

5. What basically defeated the rebellion?
(a) Richard III.
(b) Weather.
(c) Faulty equipment.
(d) Henry Tudor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the English southerners view the English northerners?

2. How many of the great English aristocratic families became extinct because of the War of the Roses?

3. What, according to the author, are the most important pieces in the puzzle of the Princes?

4. Who did Richard marry?

5. Who were the children of Edward IV and Elizabeth Wydville?

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