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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 diagnosis did the Midget give Richard the Third before knowing who he was?

2. What does Grant ask of the officer when he leaves?

3. Who was the Amazon's hero?

4. Who was the person in the picture Grant describes as a monster of nursery stories?

5. Who visits Grant this time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does the Midget compare Richard III to and what similarities does that person possess as well?

2. What has Grant found in the ceiling?

3. What did Grant first think about when he saw Richard the Third's face?

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

5. What arguments support the opinion that Richard Plantagenet and Cicely Nevill had a loving marriage?

6. What was claimed to have been suggested to a guard at the Tower of London?

7. How does Brent strike Grant?

8. Why is it such a big scandal that Edward got married?

9. What kind of England existed in the days of the Wars of the Roses?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how Josephine Tey goes through a complete history lesson while creating a detective story. How does history intertwine with the mystery?

Essay Topic 2

Define martyrdom and how it shapes the outside view of a culture or country. How do people react to martyrdom? Compare how people reacted in the fourteenth century to how people react now.

Essay Topic 3

Explain why Henry's validity on demonizing Richard the third would have been destroyed if people had known exactly what happened to the boy princes. Name another historical situation that people might look differently at if they knew the whole truth.

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