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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 outraged the chroniclers about the treatment of Richard III's corpse?
(a) It was hidden away and not publicly buried.
(b) It was displayed on Traitor's Gate.
(c) It was accorded all the honors due to a king.
(d) It was treated as the corpse of a felon.

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

3. Which of the Princes was most often impersonated?
(a) Richard, Duke of York.
(b) Edward of Middleham.
(c) The Earl of Warwick.
(d) Edward V.

4. How many priests did Richard III employ to say mass for the salvation of his soul?
(a) 100.
(b) 10.
(c) 82.
(d) 5.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Perkin Warbeck pretend to be?

2. Who did Richard III appoint Constable of the Tower?

3. What animal, found in an old underground pipe or tunnel, was briefly thought to be one of the Princes'?

4. How far below the surface was the chest found?

5. What Act did the Parliament of 1484 pass?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why would Richard III have considered marrying his eighteen-year-old niece Elizabeth of York?

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

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

5. How, probably, were the Princes murdered?

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

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

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

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

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

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