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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. By conspiring to protect the Princes, what had the conspirators actually done?
(a) The conspirators had turned the world against Richard III.
(b) The conspirators had set the stage to rescue them.
(c) The conspirators had sealed the Princes' fate.
(d) The conspirators had turned France against them.

2. Why did Edward IV and Clarence quarrel over Warwick's estates?
(a) Clarence did not think Warwick's estates should have been taken.
(b) Clarence was not given all the estates like he wanted.
(c) Edward IV gave the estates back to Warwick.
(d) Edward IV was not allowed to keep the estates.

3. Who did Henry Tudor promise to marry on Christmas Day in 1483?
(a) Katherine of Aragon.
(b) Elizabeth of York.
(c) Eleanor of Brittany.
(d) Juana of Portugal.

4. Despite all his outward displays of confidence, Richard III knew his position to be what?
(a) Eternal.
(b) Treasonous.
(c) Insecure.
(d) Impregnable.

5. How did contemporary magnates feel about the Wydvilles?
(a) They had no feeling one way or another.
(b) They supported the faction, which was very popular.
(c) No one knew the Wydvilles at court.
(d) They disliked the faction, thinking them common.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Queen Dowager's continued stay in sanctuary embarrass Richard?

2. What is the difference between Gloucester's Protectorship and Duke Humphrey's?

3. What other major health problem did Edward IV have after his return?

4. Why did the Wydvilles want to crown Edward V immediately?

5. What sovereign in 1933 finally authorized the urn carrying the bones to be opened?

(see the answer key)

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