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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Richard of Gloucester born?

2. How did Richard increase his power on the council?

3. Between what two houses was the War of the Roses?

4. How did contemporary magnates feel about the Wydvilles?

5. Where was King Edward V to reside before his coronation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Into what two groups does Weir break down those who write about the Princes in the Tower?

2. How did Edward IV shock the world with his marriage?

3. How was Richard III formally asked to become King?

4. How did Richard of Gloucester avoid becoming ensnared in the various court intrigues?

5. What were the two opposing sides regarding Gloucester's role as Protector?

6. What, according to Weir, is most essential when discussing the mystery of the Princes?

7. How did Gloucester back up his claim that Edward V was illegitimate?

8. Why did Edward IV have no legal right to name Gloucester Lord Protector?

9. How did Gloucester lull Rivers into a false sense of security?

10. When Hastings learned of Gloucester's plot to take the throne, what did he do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alison Weir examines other "revisionist" theories in her work.

1) What are the other theories of the Princes' fates?

2) Whose theories are these and where have they gotten their information?

3) Why, according to Weir, are these theories wrong?

Essay Topic 2

Create a character study of the Princes.

1) What was the Princes' claim to the throne?

2) How are the Princes described, before and during their incarceration?

3) How are the Princes viewed by the people of England?

4) Though it was a violent time, what did people think about killing children?

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?

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