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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 war did the murder of the Princes cause?
(a) Civil War in England.
(b) An outbreak of the War of the Roses.
(c) War with France.
(d) A religious crusade to the Holy Land.

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

3. What did the general public think of the potential match between Richard III and the Lady Elizabeth?
(a) They found it treasonous.
(b) They found it incestuous.
(c) They found it inspiring.
(d) They found it exciting.

4. At the time, what was needed for an uncle and a niece to marry?
(a) A parent's permission.
(b) A DNA test.
(c) A public ceremony.
(d) A dispensation from the church.

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 epic poem was later written about the Lady Elizabeth's role in Henry VII's ascension?

2. What did Richard III do to Margaret Beaufort?

3. Out of Henry VII and Elizabeth's eight children, how many lived to adulthood?

4. How does More claim the Princes were killed?

5. Who did Perkin Warbeck pretend to be?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. How, probably, were the Princes murdered?

5. Ironically, how did the dead princes affect Richard III's reign as opposed to the living Princes?

6. What rumor persisted after Anne's death?

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

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

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

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

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