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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. Why did Edward IV and Clarence quarrel over Warwick's estates?
(a) Edward IV was not allowed to keep the estates.
(b) Clarence was not given all the estates like he wanted.
(c) Clarence did not think Warwick's estates should have been taken.
(d) Edward IV gave the estates back to Warwick.

2. What disease did Edward IV contract after a fishing trip?
(a) The bubonic plague.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) Scoliosis.

3. How was Hastings captured?
(a) Gloucester staged an ambush in the council room.
(b) He was captured while hiding in an inn.
(c) Gloucester followed him into a church and arrested him.
(d) He was captured after a chase on horses.

4. When they spoke to King Edward V, who did Gloucester and Buckingham blame for Edward IV's death?
(a) They blamed Parliament.
(b) They blamed his ministers.
(c) They blamed the French.
(d) They blamed the northerners.

5. What is the difference between Gloucester's Protectorship and Duke Humphrey's?
(a) Humphrey was a figurehead and Gloucester had sovereign power.
(b) Humphrey had sovereign power and Gloucester was a figurehead.
(c) Humphrey had control of the military and Gloucester did not.
(d) Humphrey staged a coup and Gloucester was loyal to the king.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two groups did Edward IV fail to unify before his death?

2. How many months was Queen Elizabeth forced to stay in sanctuary with her children?

3. Who did Gloucester claim withered his arm using witchcraft?

4. With what country had England declared war just before the death of Edward IV?

5. In what part of England did Richard of Gloucester live and govern?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what kind of world did Richard, Duke of Gloucester and brother of Henry IV, come of age?

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

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

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

5. How did Gloucester convince Edward V to go with him and Buckingham?

6. What misconceptions does Weir bring to light about the Wars of the Roses?

7. How did Richard of Gloucester avoid becoming ensnared in the various court intrigues?

8. How did Gloucester increase his power in the Council?

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

10. How did Gloucester back up his claim that Edward V was illegitimate?

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