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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 Attainder.
(c) The Act of Traitorous Persons.
(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. Who did many people believe was the rightful Queen of England?
(a) Elizabeth Wydville.
(b) Anne Neville.
(c) Elizabeth Shore.
(d) The Lady Elizabeth.

4. Before she allowed her daughters to leave sanctuary, what did Elizabeth Wydville ask Richard III to do?
(a) She asked him to swear a public oath to keep them safe.
(b) She asked him to return her lands and title.
(c) She asked him to make Henry Tudor his heir.
(d) She asked him to marry her and make her Queen again.

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

6. Who was Margaret Beaufort?
(a) The mother of Edward V and Richard, Duke of York.
(b) The daughter of John of Gaunt and wife of the late Henry Tudor.
(c) The sister of Elizabeth Wydville.
(d) The cousin of Edward IV.

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

8. With whom may Richard III have had an affair during his wife's illness?
(a) Elizabeth of York.
(b) Elizabeth Shore.
(c) Elizabeth Wydville.
(d) Margaret Beaufort.

9. What basically defeated the rebellion?
(a) Richard III.
(b) Faulty equipment.
(c) Henry Tudor.
(d) Weather.

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

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

12. Weir dismisses the argument that Warback was part of what family?
(a) The Lancasters.
(b) The Plantagenets.
(c) The Yorkists.
(d) The Tudors.

13. According to Weir, could Buckingham have murdered the Princes?
(a) Yes, he had killed before and would again.
(b) No, he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
(c) No, they were like sons to him.
(d) Yes, he was power hungry and would do anything for money.

14. Who, probably, was involved in the plot against Richard III?
(a) The northerners.
(b) The Lancastrians.
(c) The Queen and her brothers.
(d) The French.

15. Why did Buckingham suddenly defect from Richard III?
(a) It is not known for sure, but many suspect the murder of the Princes pushed him over the edge.
(b) Buckingham decided to take his wealth and go abroad.
(c) They had a great quarrel over land rights and Buckingham left.
(d) Buckingham personally murdered the Princes and was wracked with guilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did King Richard III die?

2. How long did Richard III's coronation banquet last?

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

4. Why was it dangerous for Henry VII that the bodies of the Princes were lost?

5. What war did the murder of the Princes cause?

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