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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. Who did Richard III decide to entrust with murdering the Princes?
2. What King ordered work on the White Tower and, as a result, may have found the Princes?
3. What information could not be determined at the time from the bones?
4. What was rumored about Queen Anne's death?
5. What is Weir's conclusion as to who murdered the Princes?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Alison Weir's ultimate conclusion of who killed the princes in the tower?
2. After what event were the Princes in the Tower never again seen alive?
3. What conspiracy did Richard III discover involving Elizabeth Wydville and other members of her faction?
4. What rumor persisted after Anne's death?
5. 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?
6. Why did Elizabeth of York finally send Henry Tudor a ring and declare that she would marry him?
7. Why would Richard III have considered marrying his eighteen-year-old niece Elizabeth of York?
8. What factors kept Richard III from marrying his niece?
9. Sadly, what had the conspirators made clear to Richard III that was the opposite of their intent?
10. Why was Buckingham so suddenly alienated from Richard III?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Weir so believe More's account should be taken as truth?
1) The reliability of More's sources.
2) The dependability of More's character.
3) The political reasons for More to to lie.
Essay Topic 2
What was the history of Gloucester's claim to the throne?
1) Who was Edward III?
2) Why was there such conflict after Edward III's death?
3) Who officially inherited the kingdom after Edward III's death?
Essay Topic 3
Examine Richard III's alleged relationship with his niece, Elizabeth of York.
1) Why would Richard have considered marrying his niece at all?
2) How were consanguineous, or even incestuous, relationship viewed differently in this time?
3) What evidence does Weir mention that shows Elizabeth was willing to marry her uncle?
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