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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-21, Pretenders, Tyrell's Confession, The Skeletons in the Tower.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Gloucester send with warrants for the execution of Rivers, Grey, and Vaughn?
(a) Hastings.
(b) John Morton, Bishop of Ely.
(c) The Duke of Buckingham.
(d) Richard Ratcliffe.

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

3. Why does Weir theorize that Richard III murdered the Princes?
(a) He never produced them again, even when it would have been politically advantageous.
(b) He confessed in a letter to a bishop.
(c) He hated children and disliked any in his court.
(d) Newly discovered forensic evidence proves his guilt beyond a doubt.

4. Where was King Edward V to reside before his coronation?
(a) Northampton.
(b) Buckingham Palace.
(c) The Tower of London.
(d) Westminster.

5. What was discovered about Richard III's character after the usurpation?
(a) He was terrible at making tough decisions.
(b) His loyalty to Edward IV was only skin deep, and he had a cruel streak.
(c) He was deathly afraid of illness and obsessed with cleanliness.
(d) He was a warmonger and planned to be always on the battlefield.

Short Answer Questions

1. Out of Henry VII and Elizabeth's eight children, how many lived to adulthood?

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

3. How did King Richard III die?

4. When Gloucester and Buckingham arrived at Northampton, where was the King?

5. With whom may Richard III have had an affair during his wife's illness?

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