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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-21, Pretenders, Tyrell's Confession, The Skeletons in the Tower.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The conspiracy was evidence that, while the Princes lived, Richard III's reign would be what?
(a) Safe.
(b) Short.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Challenged.

2. What did Gloucester tell the councillors about Hastings's execution?
(a) He said Hastings had planned to marry Elizabeth Wydville.
(b) He said Hastings had planned to usurp the throne.
(c) He said Hastings had planned to murder him in the council meeting.
(d) He said Hastings had planned to kidnap the king.

3. Who was the first sovereign of the House of York?
(a) Edward VI.
(b) Henry V.
(c) Henry VI.
(d) Edward IV.

4. What rival factions would be united if Elizabeth and Henry Tudor married?
(a) The House of York and the House of Lancaster.
(b) The House of Plantagenet and the House of Lancaster.
(c) The House of York and the House of Plantagenet.
(d) The House of Windsor and the House of Stuart.

5. After Richard's coup, what family's power in court ended?
(a) The Tudors.
(b) The Plantagenets.
(c) The Wydvilles.
(d) The Yorkists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the general public think of the potential match between Richard III and the Lady Elizabeth?

2. What two groups did Edward IV fail to unify before his death?

3. During Edward IV's reign, what was England's state?

4. Why was it dangerous for Henry VII that the bodies of the Princes were lost?

5. What news did Gloucester give the young King that shocked him?

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