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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Henry VII when he gained the crown?
(a) 19.
(b) 32.
(c) 28.
(d) 20.

2. Who did Perkin Warbeck pretend to be?
(a) Richard Plantagenet.
(b) Henry, Duke of York.
(c) Edward V.
(d) Richard, Duke of York.

3. How many years of Plantagenet rule came to an end after the death of Richard III?
(a) 445.
(b) 205.
(c) 331.
(d) 500.

4. Which side of the family was a thorn in the side of Henry VIII?
(a) The Lancastrians.
(b) The Yorkists.
(c) The Tudors.
(d) The Plantagenets.

5. How many priests did Richard III employ to say mass for the salvation of his soul?
(a) 82.
(b) 5.
(c) 100.
(d) 10.

6. What outraged the chroniclers about the treatment of Richard III's corpse?
(a) It was accorded all the honors due to a king.
(b) It was treated as the corpse of a felon.
(c) It was displayed on Traitor's Gate.
(d) It was hidden away and not publicly buried.

7. What King ordered work on the White Tower and, as a result, may have found the Princes?
(a) King Henry VIII.
(b) King Charles II.
(c) King George I.
(d) Oliver Cromwell.

8. What war did the murder of the Princes cause?
(a) War with France.
(b) An outbreak of the War of the Roses.
(c) Civil War in England.
(d) A religious crusade to the Holy Land.

9. What information could not be determined at the time from the bones?
(a) The gender.
(b) Any familial relation.
(c) The age of the skeletons when they died.
(d) The bones' age.

10. Why did the King choose Sheriff Hutton?
(a) He had fond memories of the keep.
(b) He was obsessed with security.
(c) It was close to London.
(d) He knew Henry Tudor would not come there.

11. How did the King feel about Elizabeth Wydville's refusal to leave sanctuary?
(a) Ecstatic.
(b) Angry.
(c) Embarrassed.
(d) Bereft.

12. Weir dismisses the argument that Warback was part of what family?
(a) The Lancasters.
(b) The Yorkists.
(c) The Tudors.
(d) The Plantagenets.

13. What do revisionists such at Jack Leslau and Audrey Williamson believe?
(a) They believe the Princes were moved to France.
(b) They believe Richard III murdered the Princes.
(c) They believe the Princes are still alive today.
(d) They believe the Princes were moved to a safe haven.

14. Out of Henry VII and Elizabeth's eight children, how many lived to adulthood?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

15. What writer besides More was responsible for Richard III's widespread evil reputation?
(a) Edmund Spencer.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) John Dunne.
(d) Sir Walter Raleigh.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what night does Weir suspect the murders took place?

2. Where specifically was Richard III not to take Elizabeth Wydville's daughters?

3. What Act did the Parliament of 1484 pass?

4. Why did Buckingham suddenly defect from Richard III?

5. How does More claim the Princes were killed?

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