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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 made a marriage between Richard III and Elizabeth politically impossible?
(a) The incestuous nature of their relationship.
(b) Elizabeth's inability to bear children.
(c) Richard's illness and melancholy.
(d) The rumors of Anne's dishonorable death.

2. How long did the savage Battle of Bosworth last?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 5 hours.
(d) 10 hours.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why may Richard III have been hesitant to name Warwick his successor?

3. Who did Perkin Warbeck pretend to be?

4. Who was Margaret Beaufort?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What rumor persisted after Anne's death?

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

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

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

5. With the death of the Princes, who did many people turn to as the rightful Queen of England?

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

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

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

9. In regard to the case of the death of the Princes and Richard III, what does Weir argue when others claim Richard could not be convicted in a modern court of law?

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

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