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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 is the difference between Gloucester's Protectorship and Duke Humphrey's?
(a) Humphrey was a figurehead and Gloucester had sovereign power.
(b) Humphrey had sovereign power and Gloucester was a figurehead.
(c) Humphrey staged a coup and Gloucester was loyal to the king.
(d) Humphrey had control of the military and Gloucester did not.

2. What was rumored about Richard of Gloucester's appearance?
(a) He wore spectacles.
(b) He had bright red hair.
(c) He had a physical deformity.
(d) He was extremely tall.

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

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

5. When do Croyland and Mancini believe Richard began planning to take the crown?
(a) During Elizabeth Wydville's sanctuary.
(b) During the coronation ceremony of Edward V.
(c) Right after Clarence's death.
(d) Right after Edward IV's death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did King Edward IV stun the world with his marriage?

3. Who was briefly made King during the rebellion?

4. Who probably wrote the Croyland Chronicle?

5. What significant person died at the Battler of Tewkesbury?

Short Essay Questions

1. What, according to Weir, is most essential when discussing the mystery of the Princes?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What was amazing about Gloucester and Buckingham's coup?

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

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

10. Why was the succession to the English throne unstable in the fifteenth century after Edward III's death?

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