The Princes in the Tower Test | Final Test - Medium

Alison Weir (historian)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 125 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Princes in the Tower Test | Final Test - Medium

Alison Weir (historian)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 125 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 similar condition was found in both skeletons?
(a) Osteoporosis.
(b) Hypodontia.
(c) Scurvy.
(d) Scoliosis.

2. Who did Richard III order to kill the Princes?
(a) Buckingham.
(b) Brackenbury.
(c) Green.
(d) Norfolk.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the Princes was most often impersonated?

2. Who were the other Lancastrian claimants to the throne?

3. Why did the King choose Sheriff Hutton?

4. What outraged the chroniclers about the treatment of Richard III's corpse?

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

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. Why did Elizabeth of York finally send Henry Tudor a ring and declare that she would marry him?

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

5. Why did Sir James Tyrell, after surviving the change of monarchs and even faring well under Henry VII, choose to support the Earl of Lincoln's ambitions?

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

7. Richard III was a violent, duplicitous, and demanding man--how can Weir claim he possessed real spiritual piety?

8. Why was Buckingham so suddenly alienated from Richard III?

9. Sadly, what had the conspirators made clear to Richard III that was the opposite of their intent?

10. How, probably, were the Princes murdered?

(see the answer keys)

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