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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what was James Tyrell so desperate that he would commit murder?
(a) He was desperate for advancement.
(b) He was desperate for the line of York to end.
(c) He was desperate for an advantageous marriage.
(d) He was desperate for blood.

2. What epic poem was later written about the Lady Elizabeth's role in Henry VII's ascension?
(a) Paradise Lost.
(b) The Song of Lady Bessy.
(c) Love's Labor's Lost.
(d) The Fairie Queen.

3. 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.

4. What King ordered work on the White Tower and, as a result, may have found the Princes?
(a) King Charles II.
(b) King Henry VIII.
(c) Oliver Cromwell.
(d) King George I.

5. How did the English southerners view the English northerners?
(a) The southerners thought the northerners highly refined.
(b) The southerners thought the northerners were all Irish.
(c) The southerners thought the northerners were brutish people.
(d) The southerners thought the northerners were all Scottish.

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

7. What similar condition was found in both skeletons?
(a) Hypodontia.
(b) Osteoporosis.
(c) Scoliosis.
(d) Scurvy.

8. What family was young Henry Tudor sent to live with in his formative years?
(a) Jasper Tudor, staunchly Lancastrian.
(b) King Edward.
(c) The Earl of Pembroke.
(d) Lord Herbert, staunchly Yorkist.

9. Despite all his outward displays of confidence, Richard III knew his position to be what?
(a) Treasonous.
(b) Eternal.
(c) Impregnable.
(d) Insecure.

10. What rival factions would be united if Elizabeth and Henry Tudor married?
(a) The House of Windsor and the House of Stuart.
(b) The House of York and the House of Plantagenet.
(c) The House of Plantagenet and the House of Lancaster.
(d) The House of York and the House of Lancaster.

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

12. What is Weir's conclusion as to who murdered the Princes?
(a) She concludes they fled to Henry Tudor.
(b) She concludes they fell ill and died.
(c) She concludes they were not murdered, but taken to a safe haven.
(d) She concludes they were murdered by Richard III.

13. What was rumored about Queen Anne's death?
(a) It was rumored she committed suicide.
(b) It was rumored she did not die, but was taken away.
(c) It was rumored she went mad first.
(d) It was rumored Richard killed her to marry Elizabeth.

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

15. How does More claim the Princes were killed?
(a) He claims they were poisoned.
(b) He claims they were thrown off the Tower.
(c) He claims they were smothered in their beds.
(d) He claims they were run through with swords.

Short Answer Questions

1. What made a marriage between Richard III and Elizabeth politically impossible?

2. On what date did the Battle of Bosworth take place?

3. What information could not be determined at the time from the bones?

4. What animal, found in an old underground pipe or tunnel, was briefly thought to be one of the Princes'?

5. At the time, what was needed for an uncle and a niece to marry?

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