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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group was appointed to watch over the Prince of Wales until he reached adulthood?
(a) A group of German mercenaries.
(b) A legal team of Parliament lawyers.
(c) A Council including the Queen, Richard, and Clarence.
(d) An elite team of knights including Arthur and Lancelot.

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

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

4. How many of the great English aristocratic families became extinct because of the War of the Roses?
(a) Seven.
(b) Two.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Eleven.

5. When they spoke to King Edward V, who did Gloucester and Buckingham blame for Edward IV's death?
(a) They blamed Parliament.
(b) They blamed his ministers.
(c) They blamed the northerners.
(d) They blamed the French.

Short Answer Questions

1. At age forty, how is Edward IV described physically by his contemporaries?

2. Why did Lord Howard support Gloucester?

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

4. How did Richard increase his power on the council?

5. What was rumored about Richard of Gloucester's appearance?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Edward IV have no legal right to name Gloucester Lord Protector?

2. Why did Edward IV's health suddenly fail?

3. What does Weir theorize about Richard's deformity?

4. Why did the Queen have reason to fear Gloucester?

5. In what kind of world did Richard, Duke of Gloucester and brother of Henry IV, come of age?

6. What were the two opposing sides regarding Gloucester's role as Protector?

7. How did Gloucester back up his claim that Edward V was illegitimate?

8. By the time he reached forty, what could be said of Edward IV's lifestyle?

9. When Hastings learned of Gloucester's plot to take the throne, what did he do?

10. How did Gloucester increase his power in the Council?

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