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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. Why may Richard III have been hesitant to name Warwick his successor?
(a) The boy may have been intellectually slow or mentally retarded.
(b) The boy was a Lancastrian.
(c) The boy had strong Wydville ties.
(d) The boy had a club foot.

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

3. Buckingham decided to rebel against the king after a conversation with whom?
(a) Morton.
(b) Edward V.
(c) Elizabeth Wydville.
(d) Richard III.

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

5. Who did Henry Tudor promise to marry on Christmas Day in 1483?
(a) Eleanor of Brittany.
(b) Elizabeth of York.
(c) Katherine of Aragon.
(d) Juana of Portugal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What war did the murder of the Princes cause?

2. What writer besides More was responsible for Richard III's widespread evil reputation?

3. How many priests did Richard III employ to say mass for the salvation of his soul?

4. Recorded by Thomas More, who confessed to killing the Princes?

5. Weir dismisses the argument that Warback was part of what family?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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