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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 was the IRA financed by?

2. Who benefits from the death of the two princes?

3. What happened to Dighton (one of the two conspirators in the boy princes' deaths)?

4. What does Grant send Brent away to do now?

5. How many conspirators were there in the plot to kill King Richard?

Short Essay Questions

1. What differs in the accounts of how Henry VI's son dies?

2. What is considered to be almost inappropriate actions of the royal family following Edward's death?

3. Why was the pardoning of Lord Stanley the signing of Richard's own death warrant?

4. What was the difference in the Queen Dowager's treatment under Edward and under Henry?

5. In what ways was Henry VII "sideways as a crab?"

6. What kind of steps would Richard have taken if the rumor about him killing his nephews was a general rumor?

7. When reviewing Thomas More's account of Richard the Third, what problem did Alan come up with?

8. What was the actual goal of the Covenanters?

9. What idea makes the whole notion of the murder of his nephews ludicrous?

10. What led Carradine to believe that Richard wanted to end the feud between the Lancasters and Yorks?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Despite there being several vindications of Richard III written in the centuries to follow, they still didn't appear in the history books. Suggest reasons why this would be the case.

Essay Topic 2

Define martyrdom and how it shapes the outside view of a culture or country. How do people react to martyrdom? Compare how people reacted in the fourteenth century to how people react now.

Essay Topic 3

Why would a background in psychology be something that Grant would recommend that all historians should do before being able to write? Is that necessary for historians that focus on things like economics or religion? Explain and defend your answer.

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