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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 animal, found in an old underground pipe or tunnel, was briefly thought to be one of the Princes'?
(a) A dog.
(b) An ape.
(c) A lion.
(d) A horse.

2. With what country was Henry VII in marriage negotiations for Prince Arthur?
(a) Finland.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) Scotland.

3. What was discovered about Richard III's character after the usurpation?
(a) He was terrible at making tough decisions.
(b) His loyalty to Edward IV was only skin deep, and he had a cruel streak.
(c) He was deathly afraid of illness and obsessed with cleanliness.
(d) He was a warmonger and planned to be always on the battlefield.

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

5. After the battle, where was the crown found?
(a) Beneath an oak tree.
(b) In a thicket.
(c) Among wildflowers.
(d) Under a hawthorne bush.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Weir, could Buckingham have murdered the Princes?

2. Who did Perkin Warbeck pretend to be?

3. Who was Margaret Beaufort?

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

5. What rival factions would be united if Elizabeth and Henry Tudor married?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What rumor persisted after Anne's death?

4. 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?

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

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

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

8. What factors kept Richard III from marrying his niece?

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

10. How, probably, were the Princes murdered?

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