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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. How did King Edward IV stun the world with his marriage?
(a) He married the daughter of Louis XI.
(b) He betrothed himself to the Spanish Infanta.
(c) He secretly married Queen Margaret.
(d) He secretly married an English commoner, Elizabeth Wydville.

2. When Gloucester and Buckingham arrived at Northampton, where was the King?
(a) Thirty miles south in London.
(b) Fifteen miles north in Bath.
(c) Fourteen miles south in Stony Stratford.
(d) Ten miles west in Shropshire.

3. Between what two houses was the War of the Roses?
(a) Plantagent and Lancaster.
(b) York and Lancaster.
(c) York and Tudor.
(d) Windsor and Tudor.

4. How many legitimate children did Richard have?
(a) One.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

5. With whom did Warwick ally himself to invade England in 1470?
(a) King Edward IV.
(b) King Louis XI.
(c) Margaret of Anjou.
(d) The Spanish Infanta.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Richard of Gloucester related to King Edward IV?

2. What disease did Edward IV contract after a fishing trip?

3. How was Hastings captured?

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

5. Why did Edward IV take out loans from London financiers?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who were Elizabeth Wydville, Queen of England's, two male children?

3. How did Gloucester convince Edward V to go with him and Buckingham?

4. How did Gloucester lull Rivers into a false sense of security?

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

6. What catastrophic mistake did Edward IV make before he died?

7. How was Richard III formally asked to become King?

8. Why did it make sense to house King Edward V in the Tower of London?

9. Why did Gloucester heap more rewards on Buckingham than Hastings?

10. What misconceptions does Weir bring to light about the Wars of the Roses?

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