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Wars of the Roses Quiz

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1. The Wars of the Roses was a series of battles between which two families?

 Percy and York
Lancaster and York
Tudor and Lancaster
York and Neville

 2. The following king was not involved the Wars of the Roses.

 Henry IV
Edward IV
Richard III
Henry VI

 3. In which battle was Richard III killed?

 Barnet
St Albans
Tewkesbarry
Bosworth

 4. Before becoming king, by which title was Edward IV known?

 The Duke of Gloucester
The Duke of Clarence
The Earl of March
The Earl of Warwick

 5.The house of Plantagenet descended from which king?

Henry II
Edward I
Henry III
Richard II

 6. Who was Elizabeth Woodville's mother?

 Cecily Neville
Anne Mortimer
Jacquetta of Luxembourg
Joan Beaufort

 7. Where was Edward IV born?

Rouen
Paris
Acre
York

 8. Through what family did Henry Tudor claim his right to the throne?

Plantagenet
Lancaster
York
Beaufort

 9. The Beauforts were the children of which son of Edward III?

John of Gaunt
Lionel of Antwerp
Edmund of Langley
Thomas of Woodstock

 10. Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, was killed at which battle?

Tewkesberry
Wakefield
St Albans
Towton

 11. Which of the following composers is believed to have been in the service of John, Duke of Bedford in France

Dufay
Josquin
Ockeghem
Dunstable

 12. Who governed England during Henry VI's minority?

Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester and John, Duke of Bedford
Richard, Duke of York and Richard, Earl of Warwick
John, Duke of Bedford and John, Duke of Exeter
Thomas, Duke of Gloucester and Richard, Earl of Cambridge

 13. How was George, Duke of Clarence supposedly killed?

Suffocation
Killed in battle
A hunting accident
Drowning in wine

 14.The following is not a battle of the Wars of the Roses?

Hedgley Moor
Evesham
Losecoat Field
Ludford Bridge

 15. Who was king when the Hundred Years war came to an end?

Henry VI
Edward IV
Richard III
Henry VII

 16. Which of the following dates are usually given for the Wars of the Roses?

1399-1450
1420-1485
1415-1490
1455-1485

 17.What was Henry VII's title before he became king?

Earl of Richmond
Earl of Somerset
Duke of Lancaster
Lord Tudor

 18. Which of the following is not considered a cause of the Warsof the Roses?

Bastard Feudalism
The quarrel between Richard, Duke of York and Thomas, Earl of Lancaster
Henry IV's incompetance
The quarrel between the Percies and the Nevilles.

 19. Who led a revolt against the government of Henry VI of 1450?

Wat Tyler
John Conyers
Jack Cade
John Neville

 20. The author of the fifteenth century music treatise "Proportionale musices" was:

Tinctorus
Dunstable
Jules Michelet
Lorenzo de Medici

 21. Who was killed at the 1st Battle of St Albans?

Edmund, Earl of Rutland
Richard, Earl of Salisbury
Henry, Duke of Exeter
Edmund, Duke of Somerset

 22. Which college was established by Henry VI?

Oxford
Winchester
Eton
Harrow

 23. How many kings of England were Plantagenets?

14
8
12
16

 24. Edward IV's apparent marriage pre-contract was with whom?

Eleanor Butler
Jane Shore
Elizabeth Woodville
Anne Neville

 25. The first dated book to be publish in English Dictes and Sayenges of the Phylosophers was translated by which royal relative?

George, Duke of Clarence
John, Earl of Lincoln
Anthony Woodville
John de la Pole