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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16, Rebellion, An Especial Good Lord.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Edward IV appoint as the guardian of the Prince of Wales?
(a) The Queen.
(b) Clarence.
(c) Lord Rivers.
(d) Richard of Gloucester.

2. Why may Richard III have been hesitant to name Warwick his successor?
(a) The boy may have been intellectually slow or mentally retarded.
(b) The boy had strong Wydville ties.
(c) The boy had a club foot.
(d) The boy was a Lancastrian.

3. Where in the Tower of London were the Princes probably kept?
(a) The White Tower.
(b) The Bloody Tower.
(c) The Garden Tower.
(d) Raleigh's Walk.

4. In what part of England were the Wydvilles in control?
(a) The east.
(b) The south.
(c) The west.
(d) The north.

5. Why was Hastings executed so swiftly after Gloucester's accusation?
(a) He knew too much about Gloucester's plot to usurp the throne.
(b) He angered his attendants and they could not wait to put him to death.
(c) It was the law that the accused be executed quickly.
(d) The Queen insisted his execution be expedited.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Elizabeth Shore?

2. Where specifically was Richard III not to take Elizabeth Wydville's daughters?

3. After the death of Hastings, what happened to King Edward V?

4. Upon the death of the Princes, who in England had the best claim to the throne?

5. Where did Richard III send Warwick for safekeeping?

(see the answer key)

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