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

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

3. After Richard's coup, what family's power in court ended?
(a) The Yorkists.
(b) The Tudors.
(c) The Plantagenets.
(d) The Wydvilles.

4. Who did Gloucester basically force out of sanctuary?
(a) Elizabeth Wydville.
(b) Richard, Duke of York.
(c) Edward V.
(d) Henry Tudor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Elizabeth Shore?

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

3. In what year was Richard of Gloucester born?

4. Where did Gloucester send Rivers, Grey, and Vaughn?

5. Who wrote The History of King Richard III?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Into what two groups does Weir break down those who write about the Princes in the Tower?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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