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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. What does Grant find out when reviewing a preface on Thomas' life?
(a) Thomas wasn't even alive during Richard's reign
(b) Thomas had a compulsion to manipulate information
(c) Thomas would have been beheaded if he portrayed Richard in a good light
(d) Thomas was eight when Richard died; information wasn't accurate

2. Grant picks up an engraving of a portrait. Who does it belong to?
(a) Lucy Beatty
(b) Lacy Borgia
(c) Lucilla Bourgois
(d) Lucrezia Borgia

3. How did Thomas portray Richard?
(a) As a great man capable of so much good, yet troubled
(b) As a man who was flawed in his soul from birth and troubled by himself
(c) Thomas portrays Richard as a diffident fool
(d) As a man capable of great evil and great suffering

4. Who does his visitor recommend as a leading historian of Richard III's time?
(a) Sir Cuthbert
(b) Sir Wallace
(c) Sir Jericho
(d) Sir William

5. What does Marta say about Brent upon her leaving?
(a) That he is a much more welcome visitor than she nowadays
(b) That he has usurped her favor in Grant's eyes
(c) "Now that he's here, I better be going"
(d) He is possessed of strong sorcery to win over Grants favor

Short Answer Questions

1. What turns out to be a myth of Richard the Third?

2. Who does Grant want to get a note to?

3. What was the characteristic that had led Grant to identify the criminal in the lineup?

4. What does Grant say of Sir Thomas More now?

5. Who was the Amazon's hero?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Grant want to read?

2. What did Grant provide Mrs. Tinker with, and what did he never see?

3. What could have led Richard to respect and admire his brother, Edward?

4. What was the difference between what moves a person's heart and news?

5. What did this information do to Grant's opinion of More, and to his recovery?

6. What has Grant found in the ceiling?

7. What enrages Alan Grant about Sir Thomas More?

8. How does the Matron feel about King Richard III?

9. What does Marta suggest he do with his time?

10. How does Grant feel about Sir Thomas More's writings about Richard the Third?

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