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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10, The Fall of Hastings, This Act of Usurpation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Gloucester prefer to promote Buckingham instead of Hastings?
(a) Hastings was very ill and would probably die within the month.
(b) Hastings did not have as much money as Buckingham.
(c) Hastings was still loyal to Edward V.
(d) Hastings wanted to marry Elizabeth Wydville.

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

3. Who was made Governor to the Prince of Wales?
(a) Anthony Wydville, the Prince's uncle.
(b) Clarence, the Prince's uncle.
(c) Bishop Leicester, the Prince's priest.
(d) Richard of Gloucester, the Prince's uncle.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What other major health problem did Edward IV have after his return?

2. What do most commentators and historians agree Edward IV's marriage was based upon?

3. Who was sent to live with Gloucester's wife, this person's maternal aunt?

4. When did Queen Elizabeth give birth to Prince Edward?

5. Who did Edward IV appoint as the guardian of the Prince of Wales?

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