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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 was the name of Richard's love child?

2. What did Henry do to Elizabeth Woodville?

3. What act was Richard's death warrant?

4. Where had the majority of the Royal family gone following Edward's death?

5. What is wrong with this theory?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the difference in the Queen Dowager's treatment under Edward and under Henry?

2. What idea makes the whole notion of the murder of his nephews ludicrous?

3. What did Laura mention about the Martyrs?

4. In what ways was Henry VII "sideways as a crab?"

5. What led Carradine to believe that Richard wanted to end the feud between the Lancasters and Yorks?

6. What is odd about the Tyrrel confession?

7. What differs in the accounts of how Henry VI's son dies?

8. When reviewing Thomas More's account of Richard the Third, what problem did Alan come up with?

9. What is the difference between what the dragoons were and what they are considered to be by the majority of the populace today?

10. What was Henry the Seventh's first action when he came to the throne?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In your opinion, what is the most convincing reason for Richard not to have killed his nephews? Take quotes from the book and argue creatively.

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

Describe John Morton's motivations for giving inaccurate information to Thomas More. What did this effectively accomplish, three hundred and fifty years later? How are these motivations no different from motivations of this day and age? How do they differ?

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