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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. How long after the proclamation was issued was Lord Hastings beheaded?

2. What kinds of birds were on Grant's window?

3. Where does Brent offer to bring Grant?

4. When did the younger boy join his brother?

5. How does Carradine's face react at the mention of Thomas More?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why was the pardoning of Lord Stanley the signing of Richard's own death warrant?

4. How did repealing Titulus Regius provide Henry VII with a motive for murder?

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

6. Why was it important to Morton that Richard be removed from the throne?

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

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

9. Why doesn't Grant write the book on Richard the Third?

10. What kind of steps would Richard have taken if the rumor about him killing his nephews was a general rumor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how historical accuracy is necessary to formulate an honest opinion of a person, place or event. Is it ever possible to get accounts that are truly historically accurate? How do you determine whether one account is more accurate than another?

Essay Topic 2

Compile a list of reasons why it is unlikely Richard III killed his nephews. Compile a list of reasons it is likely Henry VII killed the young Plantagenet heirs. Create a case against Henry and attempt to vindicate Richard III.

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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