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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. Where did Richard spend his first night of his first progress?

2. The conspiracy was evidence that, while the Princes lived, Richard III's reign would be what?

3. In what year did Tyrell betray Henry VII?

4. How old was Margaret Beaufort when she gave birth to Henry Tudor?

5. What hated system did Richard III abolish?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Sir James Tyrell, after surviving the change of monarchs and even faring well under Henry VII, choose to support the Earl of Lincoln's ambitions?

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

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

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

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

6. How did Richard III discover Sir James Tyrell's longing for advancement at any cost?

7. What was the major reason why Buckingham's army collapsed and he was captured?

8. Sadly, what had the conspirators made clear to Richard III that was the opposite of their intent?

9. What is Alison Weir's ultimate conclusion of who killed the princes in the tower?

10. How, probably, were the Princes murdered?

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

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

According to Sir Thomas More, Sir James Tyrell confessed to killing the Princes.

1) To whom does Tyrell confess this information?

2) Where and how does he claim the deed was done?

3) Where does he claim the Princes' bodies were buried?

4) What were Henry VII's motives for having Tyrell questioned?

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