Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. At the time of the War of the Roses, how much of the English population lived in towns and cities?
2. Why did Edward IV and Clarence quarrel over Warwick's estates?
3. What other member of his family did Gloucester have to slander to overcome the Princes?
4. What two groups did Edward IV fail to unify before his death?
5. Who did Edward IV appoint as the guardian of the Prince of Wales?
Short Essay Questions
1. Into what two groups does Weir break down those who write about the Princes in the Tower?
2. Why did the Queen have reason to fear Gloucester?
3. Why, eventually, did King Edward IV have Clarence executed?
4. Why did Edward IV have no legal right to name Gloucester Lord Protector?
5. Who were Elizabeth Wydville, Queen of England's, two male children?
6. How did Gloucester eventually neutralize Hastings?
7. How did Richard of Gloucester avoid becoming ensnared in the various court intrigues?
8. Why did it make sense to house King Edward V in the Tower of London?
9. What, according to Weir, is most essential when discussing the mystery of the Princes?
10. How did Gloucester lull Rivers into a false sense of security?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
According to Weir, did Richard III really have a deformity? Why or why not?
1) What do the few surviving portraits show?
2) What do the accounts of his contemporaries reveal?
3) How were adjustments made to his image in the Tudor period?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Richard III's use of propaganda. How was it different from the royals before him? How did he use it to rehabilitate his image? What instances does Weir discuss where Richard III's propaganda machine is too obvious? Examine the deaths of Rivers, Grey, and Hastings. How does Richard use propaganda to absolve himself from murder?
Essay Topic 3
Who was Lord Hastings? What was his involvement in Richard III's coup? Did he believe Richard III should be king? Why or why not? How did Hastings die, and why was he killed? After the death of Hastings, who stood in Richard III's way?
|
This section contains 658 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
