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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Henry have to do in order to feel all right about murdering someone, in Carradines' words?
(a) File papers
(b) Justify it to his priest
(c) Dress it up in legal ribbons
(d) Justify it in the eyes of God

2. What was the date that Edward died?
(a) April 9th, 1483
(b) April 23rd, 1482
(c) May 9th, 1483
(d) April 8th, 1483

3. Out of those Richard had executed, who was most cherished?
(a) John Rivers
(b) Lord Stanley
(c) Lord Hastings
(d) Joan Rivers

4. How old was Richard when Edward was married to Eleanor?
(a) Nine or ten
(b) Ten or eleven
(c) Eleven or twelve
(d) Twelve or thirteen

5. What was the gist of the rumor issued by France?
(a) That the French were better than the British
(b) That the boys had been massacred
(c) That the French were being drafted
(d) That the French would not fight the British

6. Who was the Bishop?
(a) Lord Chancellor
(b) Privy Seal
(c) A priest of the catholic church
(d) Lord Chancellor and Privy Seal

7. What was Tyrrel's full name?
(a) Sir William Tyrrel of Gapping
(b) Sir Henry Tyrrel of Bosworth
(c) Sir James Tyrrel of Scarborough
(d) Sir James Tyrrel of Gipping

8. Which animal was Henry VII compared to?
(a) A crab
(b) A snake
(c) A lion
(d) A tiger

9. Where was Richard the day that Edward died?
(a) In York
(b) In Wales
(c) On the border of Scotland
(d) In London

10. How long after the proclamation was issued was Lord Hastings beheaded?
(a) Seventy-two hours
(b) Twenty-four hours
(c) One week
(d) One month

11. What is properly ironic about the covenanters?
(a) They were the scourge of England, and masqueraded as Scottish good gues
(b) They preached the word of god yet disobeyed the commandments
(c) That they were the scourge to Scotland in their time, and became saints and martyrs in ours
(d) They were all bad people pretending to be good people

12. Where was Richard's mother?
(a) Hever Castle
(b) Raby Castle
(c) Baynards Castle
(d) Arundel Castle

13. Where does Brent offer to bring Grant?
(a) To Greenwich and back by boat
(b) To the Palace
(c) To the Tower of London
(d) Just out in general

14. What time did Grant believe he would sleep to?
(a) Seven
(b) Five
(c) Six
(d) Eight

15. What are the vast majority of gravestones and monuments in Scotland of people executed for religious beliefs?
(a) False history, or tonypandy
(b) False history, or hogwash
(c) Reminders of how bad things can be for the religious communities
(d) Accurate portrayals of historical tragedies

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were arrested as conspirators?

2. Where did the original draft of the Titulus Regius Act turn up?

3. Who does Grant think of when he hears about Croyland Abbey?

4. What is the surgeon's explanation for the lack of mention of the princes' disappearances?

5. What does Carradine say most criminals are unable to do?

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