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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What title did Edward IV give Richard just before his death?

2. Why did Gloucester prefer to promote Buckingham instead of Hastings?

3. What is the difference between Gloucester's Protectorship and Duke Humphrey's?

4. What is Weir's theory about Richard's alleged physical deformity?

5. In 1453, King Henry VI suffered what kind of mental illness?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Gloucester eventually neutralize Hastings?

4. Why did Gloucester heap more rewards on Buckingham than Hastings?

5. How did Gloucester lull Rivers into a false sense of security?

6. Why, eventually, did King Edward IV have Clarence executed?

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

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

9. How did Edward IV shock the world with his marriage?

10. Though most councilmen did not believe the pre-contract story, why did they choose to support Richard III?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Richard III's alleged relationship with his niece, Elizabeth of York.

1) Why would Richard have considered marrying his niece at all?

2) How were consanguineous, or even incestuous, relationship viewed differently in this time?

3) What evidence does Weir mention that shows Elizabeth was willing to marry her uncle?

Essay Topic 2

Does Weir conclude the skeletons found in the chest are the Princes?

1) Where was the chest found, and when?

2) What do eyewitness accounts say about the bodies?

3) What do the medical experts who examined the skeletons conclude?

Essay Topic 3

Create a character study of the Princes.

1) What was the Princes' claim to the throne?

2) How are the Princes described, before and during their incarceration?

3) How are the Princes viewed by the people of England?

4) Though it was a violent time, what did people think about killing children?

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