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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. What did the general public think of the potential match between Richard III and the Lady Elizabeth?

2. How long after Henry VII and Elizabeth's official marriage was their first child born?

3. For what was James Tyrell so desperate that he would commit murder?

4. Which side of the family was a thorn in the side of Henry VIII?

5. What plot was hatched in Sanctuary against Richard III?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What unexpected clue turned up during Charles II's renovation of the White Tower?

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

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

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

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

7. Ironically, how did the dead princes affect Richard III's reign as opposed to the living Princes?

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

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

10. Why, claims Weir, was Tyrell's confession of the murder of the Princes significant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a character study of Richard III.

1) Examine the qualities that gave him the potential to be a good king.

2) Explain the series of mistakes and misfortunes in his reign that caused his unpopularity.

3) Were there any of Richard III's qualities you found surprising?

Essay Topic 2

The genealogy of the royals in England is very complicated. Using the book and Weir's helpful chart, explain the claims to the throne of both the House of York and the House of Lancaster starting from Edward III. Which do you think ultimately has the better claim? Are either of these Houses still in power today?

Essay Topic 3

Does Weir conclude the skeletons found in the chest are the Princes?

1) Where was the chest found, and when?

2) What do eyewitness accounts say about the bodies?

3) What do the medical experts who examined the skeletons conclude?

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