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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. Where did Richard III send Warwick for safekeeping?
(a) Westminster.
(b) Sheriff Hutton.
(c) The Tower.
(d) Buckingham Palace.

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

3. Why did Buckingham finally agree to support the rebellion?
(a) He heard the Princes were dead.
(b) He wanted to be king.
(c) He finally raised enough capital.
(d) His wife encouraged him to do it.

4. Where specifically was Richard III not to take Elizabeth Wydville's daughters?
(a) Westminster.
(b) The Tower of London.
(c) Buckingham Palace.
(d) Brittany.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why may Richard III have been hesitant to name Warwick his successor?

2. What is Weir's conclusion as to who murdered the Princes?

3. What was Richard III's personal emblem?

4. After discovering the conspiracy, what did Richard III do?

5. Despite all his outward displays of confidence, Richard III knew his position to be what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did many people view the death of Richard III's only son, the Prince of Wales?

5. What rumor persisted after Anne's death?

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

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

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

9. What was the major reason why Buckingham's army collapsed and he was captured?

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

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