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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. How did King Richard III die?

2. Who did many people believe was the rightful Queen of England?

3. Who was significantly absent from Richard III's coronation ceremony?

4. Why does Weir theorize that Richard III murdered the Princes?

5. What animal, found in an old underground pipe or tunnel, was briefly thought to be one of the Princes'?

Short Essay Questions

1. After what event were the Princes in the Tower never again seen alive?

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

3. Why was Richard of York often impersonated, but Edward V never impersonated?

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

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

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

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

8. How, probably, were the Princes murdered?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Richard III's usurpation was a carefully thought out plan.

1) How did he invalidate the Princes' claim to the throne?

2) How was Buckingham involved in the usurpation?

3) What tactics did Richard use to neutralize the Council?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Who was the Duke of Clarence? What was his relationship to King Edward IV? Why did he constantly plot against the King? Choose two of Clarence's traitorous plans and explain them. What did the King eventually have to do about Clarence? How involved was the Queen in his decision?

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