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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What family inherited the throne after Elizabeth I's death in 1603?
(a) The Yorks.
(b) The Windsors.
(c) The Plantagenets.
(d) The Stuarts.

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

3. Where did Richard III send Warwick for safekeeping?
(a) Westminster.
(b) The Tower.
(c) Sheriff Hutton.
(d) Buckingham Palace.

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

5. How many years of Plantagenet rule came to an end after the death of Richard III?
(a) 331.
(b) 445.
(c) 205.
(d) 500.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where specifically was Richard III not to take Elizabeth Wydville's daughters?

2. Why did Buckingham suddenly defect from Richard III?

3. What was discovered about Richard III's character after the usurpation?

4. What did Richard III do to Margaret Beaufort?

5. What was found behind a wall in a passageway of the King's Lodging n 1647?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Richard so unpopular in the South of England?

2. How did Richard III discover Sir James Tyrell's longing for advancement at any cost?

3. After their marriage, what children of Elizabeth of York and Henry VII lived to adulthood?

4. What was the major reason why Buckingham's army collapsed and he was captured?

5. How did Henry Tudor finally claim the English crown?

6. After what event were the Princes in the Tower never again seen alive?

7. Why, claims Weir, was Tyrell's confession of the murder of the Princes significant?

8. What does Weir claim is the most damning evidence against Richard III?

9. What unexpected clue turned up during Charles II's renovation of the White Tower?

10. What happened when Richard III sent orders to Brackenbury to kill the Princes?

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