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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 disease did Edward IV contract after a fishing trip?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Scoliosis.
(c) The bubonic plague.
(d) Syphilis.

2. After Hastings's death, where did the Marquess of Dorset flee?
(a) He fled to London.
(b) He fled to France.
(c) He fled to Northampton.
(d) He fled to Scotland.

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

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

5. How did contemporary magnates feel about the Wydvilles?
(a) They supported the faction, which was very popular.
(b) No one knew the Wydvilles at court.
(c) They disliked the faction, thinking them common.
(d) They had no feeling one way or another.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hastings react when Richard confided his plans to him?

2. In what part of England were the Wydvilles in control?

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

4. Who was Henry Stafford forced to marry?

5. In what part of England did Richard of Gloucester live and govern?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why, eventually, did King Edward IV have Clarence executed?

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

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

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

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

9. What advantages did Richard gain by marrying Anne of Neville?

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

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