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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Weir attribute the fall of the House of York and the Plantagenet dynasty?
(a) Richard III's ambition and murder of the Princes.
(b) Buckingham's betrayal.
(c) Henry Tudor's claim to the throne.
(d) Elizabeth Wydville's treachery.

2. What war did the murder of the Princes cause?
(a) War with France.
(b) A religious crusade to the Holy Land.
(c) Civil War in England.
(d) An outbreak of the War of the Roses.

3. Who did many people believe was the rightful Queen of England?
(a) The Lady Elizabeth.
(b) Elizabeth Wydville.
(c) Elizabeth Shore.
(d) Anne Neville.

4. Buckingham decided to rebel against the king after a conversation with whom?
(a) Richard III.
(b) Morton.
(c) Edward V.
(d) Elizabeth Wydville.

5. What rival factions would be united if Elizabeth and Henry Tudor married?
(a) The House of Plantagenet and the House of Lancaster.
(b) The House of York and the House of Lancaster.
(c) The House of Windsor and the House of Stuart.
(d) The House of York and the House of Plantagenet.

6. Why may Richard III have been hesitant to name Warwick his successor?
(a) The boy had strong Wydville ties.
(b) The boy had a club foot.
(c) The boy was a Lancastrian.
(d) The boy may have been intellectually slow or mentally retarded.

7. What tool was Richard III the first English king to utilize for his exercises in public relations?
(a) Propaganda, specifically character assassinations.
(b) Banners and balloons in London.
(c) Lotteries.
(d) Pamphlets.

8. Where did Jasper and Henry Tudor flee after Edward IV ascended to the throne?
(a) Wales.
(b) Brittany.
(c) Portugal.
(d) Normandy.

9. What writer besides More was responsible for Richard III's widespread evil reputation?
(a) Sir Walter Raleigh.
(b) John Dunne.
(c) Edmund Spencer.
(d) William Shakespeare.

10. How old was he when Edward of Middleham, Richard III's son, died?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Seventeen.

11. Who were the other Lancastrian claimants to the throne?
(a) Edward V and Richard Duke of York.
(b) King Louis XI and Queen Margaret.
(c) The King of Portugal and the Queen of Castile.
(d) The Duke of Buckingham and his son.

12. Who was Henry Tudor?
(a) The Plantagenet claimant to the throne.
(b) The Lancastrian claimant to the throne.
(c) The Stuart claimant to the throne.
(d) The Yorkist claimant to the throne.

13. What animal, found in an old underground pipe or tunnel, was briefly thought to be one of the Princes'?
(a) A dog.
(b) An ape.
(c) A horse.
(d) A lion.

14. Where specifically was Richard III not to take Elizabeth Wydville's daughters?
(a) Buckingham Palace.
(b) Westminster.
(c) The Tower of London.
(d) Brittany.

15. Why did Buckingham suddenly defect from Richard III?
(a) They had a great quarrel over land rights and Buckingham left.
(b) Buckingham personally murdered the Princes and was wracked with guilt.
(c) It is not known for sure, but many suspect the murder of the Princes pushed him over the edge.
(d) Buckingham decided to take his wealth and go abroad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose account is the earliest evidence of rumors that the Princes were dead?

2. What Act did the Parliament of 1484 pass?

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

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

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

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