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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did the Battle of Bosworth take place?
(a) August 22nd.
(b) June 19.
(c) June 13.
(d) July 3rd.

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

3. At the time, what was needed for an uncle and a niece to marry?
(a) A parent's permission.
(b) A public ceremony.
(c) A dispensation from the church.
(d) A DNA test.

4. What was Richard III's personal emblem?
(a) The Red Lion.
(b) The White Boar.
(c) The Black Horse.
(d) The Green Falcon.

5. In what year did Tyrell betray Henry VII?
(a) 1501.
(b) 1510.
(c) 1499.
(d) 1503.

6. How long did Richard III's coronation banquet last?
(a) Six and three-quarter hours.
(b) Five and a half hours.
(c) Three hours.
(d) Seven hours.

7. What did the general public think of the potential match between Richard III and the Lady Elizabeth?
(a) They found it inspiring.
(b) They found it exciting.
(c) They found it treasonous.
(d) They found it incestuous.

8. In the absence of Henry Tudor, who did Elizabeth Wydville think for her daughter to marry?
(a) The Duke of Suffolk.
(b) The Earl of Warwick.
(c) Richard III.
(d) The Duke of Norfolk.

9. Upon the death of the Princes, who in England had the best claim to the throne?
(a) Elizabeth of York.
(b) The Duke of Buckingham.
(c) Jasper Tudor.
(d) Richard Plantagenet.

10. Next to Buckingham, who was the most powerful subject in England?
(a) Brackenbury.
(b) Norfolk.
(c) Suffolk.
(d) York.

11. Just before leaving for his progress, Richard III gave his son Edward of Middleham what title?
(a) Constable of Scotland.
(b) Lord Protector of London.
(c) Ambassador to France.
(d) Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

12. Whose account is the earliest evidence of rumors that the Princes were dead?
(a) The Croyland Chronicle.
(b) Dominic Mancini.
(c) Sir Thomas More.
(d) The Buckingham Pages.

13. How old was Margaret Beaufort when she gave birth to Henry Tudor?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Forty.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Twenty-five.

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

15. How many priests did Richard III employ to say mass for the salvation of his soul?
(a) 82.
(b) 100.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years of Plantagenet rule came to an end after the death of Richard III?

2. Weir dismisses the argument that Warback was part of what family?

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

4. Where did Jasper and Henry Tudor flee after Edward IV ascended to the throne?

5. How far below the surface was the chest found?

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