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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. Who did Perkin Warbeck pretend to be?
(a) Edward V.
(b) Henry, Duke of York.
(c) Richard, Duke of York.
(d) Richard Plantagenet.

2. Who was Margaret Beaufort?
(a) The mother of Edward V and Richard, Duke of York.
(b) The cousin of Edward IV.
(c) The daughter of John of Gaunt and wife of the late Henry Tudor.
(d) The sister of Elizabeth Wydville.

3. How far below the surface was the chest found?
(a) 10 feet.
(b) 5 feet.
(c) 15 feet.
(d) 2 feet.

4. Who was Henry Tudor?
(a) The Lancastrian claimant to the throne.
(b) The Plantagenet claimant to the throne.
(c) The Yorkist claimant to the throne.
(d) The Stuart claimant to the throne.

5. Why did the King choose Sheriff Hutton?
(a) It was close to London.
(b) He knew Henry Tudor would not come there.
(c) He had fond memories of the keep.
(d) He was obsessed with security.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Henry officially date the beginning of his reign?

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

4. Why was it dangerous for Henry VII that the bodies of the Princes were lost?

5. Whose account is the earliest evidence of rumors that the Princes were dead?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were the pretenders to the throne dangerous for Henry VII?

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

8. What traits did Richard III's usurpation reveal about his character?

9. 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?

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

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