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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What significant person died at the Battler of Tewkesbury?
(a) King Edward IV.
(b) King Henry VI.
(c) The Earl of Warwick.
(d) Prince Edward of Lancaster.

2. In 1453, King Henry VI suffered what kind of mental illness?
(a) Depression.
(b) Paranoid delusions.
(c) Turrets.
(d) Catatonic schizophrenia.

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

4. Where did Gloucester send Rivers, Grey, and Vaughn?
(a) He sent them to the Tower of London.
(b) He sent them to France to fight.
(c) He sent them to strongholds in the north.
(d) He sent them to Wales.

5. Edward V grew up under control of which court faction?
(a) The Wydvilles.
(b) The Yorkists.
(c) The Tudors.
(d) The Northerners.

6. What were Gloucester and Buckingham planning?
(a) A war with Scotland.
(b) A war with France.
(c) A coronation party for King Edward V.
(d) A coup.

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

8. Who was Richard of Gloucester's son?
(a) Henry Tudor.
(b) Richard of York.
(c) Edward of Middleham.
(d) Edward V.

9. In what year was Richard of Gloucester born?
(a) 1443.
(b) 1452.
(c) 1462.
(d) 1554.

10. For what crime was Clarence ultimately executed?
(a) Murder.
(b) Grand Larceny.
(c) Rape.
(d) High treason.

11. How was Richard of Gloucester related to King Edward IV?
(a) They were cousins.
(b) They were brothers through marriage.
(c) They were brothers.
(d) They were father and son.

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

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

14. How was Hastings captured?
(a) He was captured while hiding in an inn.
(b) He was captured after a chase on horses.
(c) Gloucester followed him into a church and arrested him.
(d) Gloucester staged an ambush in the council room.

15. Who wrote The History of King Richard III?
(a) Vergil.
(b) Dominic Mancini.
(c) Sir Thomas More.
(d) Bernard Andre.

Short Answer Questions

1. What House does Edward IV's marriage ultimately destroy?

2. To whom did Gloucester claim Edward IV was pre-contracted, invalidating his marriage to Elizabeth Wydville?

3. Where in the Tower of London were the Princes probably kept?

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

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

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