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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12, Richard III, Conspiracies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who, probably, was involved in the plot against Richard III?
(a) The Queen and her brothers.
(b) The Lancastrians.
(c) The French.
(d) The northerners.

2. Edward V grew up under control of which court faction?
(a) The Yorkists.
(b) The Wydvilles.
(c) The Tudors.
(d) The Northerners.

3. After discovering the conspiracy, what did Richard III do?
(a) He dragged Elizabeth Wydville out of sanctuary himself.
(b) He gave up his crown and returned it to Edward V.
(c) He executed everyone, including the former Queen.
(d) He tightened the security around the sanctuary of Westminster.

4. Initially, who was Gloucester's chief supporter?
(a) Henry Tudor.
(b) The Duke of Buckingham.
(c) The Duke of York.
(d) The Queen mother.

5. How did Richard construe his capture of the King?
(a) He told the councillors he missed his nephew dearly.
(b) He called it a rescue, and he was restoring the kingdom to right.
(c) He told everyone he deserved to be king, not Edward.
(d) He called Edward V a traitor and sent him to prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in the Tower of London were the Princes probably kept?

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

3. What rumored conspiracy did Gloucester exaggerate to further his own ambitions?

4. How did Gloucester behave toward his nephew?

5. At age forty, how is Edward IV described physically by his contemporaries?

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