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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Richard increase his power on the council?
(a) He turned other council members against each other.
(b) He sent them all to war in France.
(c) He threatened to confiscate everyone's property.
(d) He killed the Queen and her daughters.

2. Who were the children of Edward IV and Elizabeth Wydville?
(a) Edward and Clarence.
(b) Edward and Richard.
(c) Clarence and Richard.
(d) Henry and George.

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

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

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

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

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

8. What, according to the author, are the most important pieces in the puzzle of the Princes?
(a) Forensic evidence.
(b) Contemporary sources.
(c) Character analysis of Richard III.
(d) Edward IV's eyewitness account.

9. 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.

10. Who was sent to live with Gloucester's wife, this person's maternal aunt?
(a) The Duke of Buckingham.
(b) The Marquess of Dorset.
(c) The Duke of York.
(d) The Earl of Warwick.

11. How was Buckingham rewarded for supporting Gloucester?
(a) He was given an expensive gold cup.
(b) He was given control of the fleet and the treasury.
(c) He was made Prince of Wales, Duke of Norfolk, and Earl of Nottingham.
(d) He was created Constable of England, Chief Justice, and Lord Chamberlain of Wales.

12. What is Weir's theory about Richard's alleged physical deformity?
(a) She thinks it was absolutely true.
(b) She thinks it was a complete lie.
(c) She thinks it was his leg, not his shoulder.
(d) She thinks it was exaggerated.

13. What House does Edward IV's marriage ultimately destroy?
(a) The Lancaster House.
(b) The Yorkist House.
(c) The Windsor House.
(d) The Tudor House.

14. What charge did Warwick and Clarence try to level against Edward IV?
(a) They tried to declare his marriage invalid.
(b) They attempted to disprove his policies.
(c) They tried to charge him with murder.
(d) They attempted to have him declared a bastard.

15. How did Hastings react when Richard confided his plans to him?
(a) Hastings flees north to Scotland.
(b) Hastings immediately plans to seize the throne for himself.
(c) Hastings supported him in usurping the throne.
(d) Hastings was shocked and warned the king.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other member of his family did Gloucester have to slander to overcome the Princes?

2. At the time of the War of the Roses, how much of the English population lived in towns and cities?

3. When do Croyland and Mancini believe Richard began planning to take the crown?

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

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

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