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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two groups did Edward IV fail to unify before his death?
(a) Clarence and Richard.
(b) The Yorkists and the Tudors.
(c) Richard and the Wydvilles.
(d) The Welsh and the French.

2. How many months was Queen Elizabeth forced to stay in sanctuary with her children?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Three.

3. Why weren't Clarence's children eligible for the succession?
(a) They were killed after his execution.
(b) They were all bastards.
(c) They were blocked by a bill of attainder.
(d) They were sent to Spain after his execution.

4. Why were all of Gloucester's actions illegal?
(a) He had not gotten Edward V's signature.
(b) He had no official authority as Lord Protector from the council.
(c) He had not married the Queen.
(d) He had not gotten Edward IV's permission.

5. Who probably wrote the Croyland Chronicle?
(a) Polydore Vergil, author of English History.
(b) Sir Thomas More, chronicler of Henry VII.
(c) John Russell, Bishop of London.
(d) Mancini.

6. In what part of England were the Wydvilles in control?
(a) The south.
(b) The west.
(c) The east.
(d) The north.

7. What title did Edward IV give Richard just before his death?
(a) The High Admiral.
(b) Interim King Richard III.
(c) The Lord Protector of the Realm.
(d) Duke of Warwick.

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

9. How did Richard construe his capture of the King?
(a) He called Edward V a traitor and sent him to prison.
(b) He told the councillors he missed his nephew dearly.
(c) He told everyone he deserved to be king, not Edward.
(d) He called it a rescue, and he was restoring the kingdom to right.

10. Where did the Queen flee for sanctuary?
(a) Bath.
(b) Northampton.
(c) Westminster.
(d) St. Paul's Cathedral.

11. From whom was Henry Stafford, second Duke of Buckingham, descended?
(a) Richard I.
(b) Henry VIII.
(c) William the Conqueror.
(d) Edward III.

12. What do most commentators and historians agree Edward IV's marriage was based upon?
(a) True love.
(b) Politics.
(c) Mutual respect.
(d) Lust.

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

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

15. When do most contemporary historians think Gloucester had made up his mind to usurp the throne?
(a) The beginning of January, 1483.
(b) The middle of June, 1483.
(c) The end of May, 1483.
(d) The end of September, 1483.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Henry Stafford forced to marry?

2. With what country had England declared war just before the death of Edward IV?

3. Why did Edward IV and Clarence quarrel over Warwick's estates?

4. Who did Gloucester claim withered his arm using witchcraft?

5. How did Gloucester behave toward his nephew?

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