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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Act did the Parliament of 1484 pass?
(a) The Act of Advancement.
(b) The Act of Traitorous Persons.
(c) The Act of Attainder.
(d) The Act of Settlement.

2. How long did the savage Battle of Bosworth last?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 5 hours.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 10 hours.

3. How old was Henry VII when he gained the crown?
(a) 28.
(b) 19.
(c) 20.
(d) 32.

4. By conspiring to protect the Princes, what had the conspirators actually done?
(a) The conspirators had turned France against them.
(b) The conspirators had sealed the Princes' fate.
(c) The conspirators had turned the world against Richard III.
(d) The conspirators had set the stage to rescue them.

5. How did the King feel about Elizabeth Wydville's refusal to leave sanctuary?
(a) Ecstatic.
(b) Angry.
(c) Bereft.
(d) Embarrassed.

6. Which side of the family was a thorn in the side of Henry VIII?
(a) The Lancastrians.
(b) The Tudors.
(c) The Yorkists.
(d) The Plantagenets.

7. How did King Richard III die?
(a) He died by execution.
(b) He died on the battlefield, yelling "Treason!"
(c) He died in a sickbed, probably from cancer.
(d) He died in a prison in the Tower.

8. Who were the other Lancastrian claimants to the throne?
(a) Edward V and Richard Duke of York.
(b) The King of Portugal and the Queen of Castile.
(c) King Louis XI and Queen Margaret.
(d) The Duke of Buckingham and his son.

9. Where specifically was Richard III not to take Elizabeth Wydville's daughters?
(a) Westminster.
(b) The Tower of London.
(c) Buckingham Palace.
(d) Brittany.

10. What do revisionists such at Jack Leslau and Audrey Williamson believe?
(a) They believe Richard III murdered the Princes.
(b) They believe the Princes were moved to a safe haven.
(c) They believe the Princes were moved to France.
(d) They believe the Princes are still alive today.

11. The conspiracy was evidence that, while the Princes lived, Richard III's reign would be what?
(a) Safe.
(b) Short.
(c) Challenged.
(d) Peaceful.

12. On what night does Weir suspect the murders took place?
(a) July 29th.
(b) September 3rd.
(c) August 13th.
(d) March 15th.

13. What hated system did Richard III abolish?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Benevolences.
(c) Succession.
(d) Inheritance.

14. What writer besides More was responsible for Richard III's widespread evil reputation?
(a) Edmund Spencer.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) John Dunne.
(d) Sir Walter Raleigh.

15. What was found behind a wall in a passageway of the King's Lodging n 1647?
(a) The skeletons of two small boys.
(b) Richard III's date book.
(c) The Princes, alive.
(d) Katherine of Aragon's wardrobe.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom may Richard III have had an affair during his wife's illness?

2. Buckingham decided to rebel against the king after a conversation with whom?

3. Who did Richard III order to kill the Princes?

4. Recorded by Thomas More, who confessed to killing the Princes?

5. After the battle, where was the crown found?

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