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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 was Richard III's personal emblem?

2. Which of the Princes was most often impersonated?

3. What made a marriage between Richard III and Elizabeth politically impossible?

4. On what night does Weir suspect the murders took place?

5. When did Henry officially date the beginning of his reign?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. Why did Elizabeth of York finally send Henry Tudor a ring and declare that she would marry him?

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

6. What does Weir claim is the most damning evidence against Richard III?

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

8. What rumor persisted after Anne's death?

9. How, probably, were the Princes murdered?

10. What was probably the tipping point for Buckingham's treason?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

When Richard III came to power, Elizabeth Wydville immediately fled with her children to Sanctuary.

1) Why did she do this? With whom did she stay?

2) How were she and Richard related?

3) What conflicts in their pasts did she fear he would seek retribution for?

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