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

2. Why did Buckingham finally agree to support the rebellion?
(a) His wife encouraged him to do it.
(b) He wanted to be king.
(c) He heard the Princes were dead.
(d) He finally raised enough capital.

3. Recorded by Thomas More, who confessed to killing the Princes?
(a) William Slaughter.
(b) Sir Brackenbury.
(c) Richard III.
(d) Sir James Tyrell.

4. How long after Henry VII and Elizabeth's official marriage was their first child born?
(a) Six months.
(b) Eight months.
(c) Nine months.
(d) Two months.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Henry VII when he gained the crown?

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

3. Who did Henry Tudor promise to marry on Christmas Day in 1483?

4. How old was Margaret Beaufort when she gave birth to Henry Tudor?

5. What Act did the Parliament of 1484 pass?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was probably the tipping point for Buckingham's treason?

2. 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?

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

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

5. Why was Richard of York often impersonated, but Edward V never impersonated?

6. What was the only was Elizabeth Wydville would allow her daughters to go to Richard III's court?

7. What conspiracy did Richard III discover involving Elizabeth Wydville and other members of her faction?

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

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

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

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