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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Richard III appoint Constable of the Tower?
(a) William Slaughter.
(b) Sir John Dudley.
(c) Buckingham.
(d) Sir Robert Brackenbury.

2. What was Richard III's personal emblem?
(a) The Red Lion.
(b) The Green Falcon.
(c) The White Boar.
(d) The Black Horse.

3. 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.

4. Before she allowed her daughters to leave sanctuary, what did Elizabeth Wydville ask Richard III to do?
(a) She asked him to return her lands and title.
(b) She asked him to swear a public oath to keep them safe.
(c) She asked him to make Henry Tudor his heir.
(d) She asked him to marry her and make her Queen again.

5. How old was Margaret Beaufort when she gave birth to Henry Tudor?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Forty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sovereign in 1933 finally authorized the urn carrying the bones to be opened?

2. Which of the Princes was most often impersonated?

3. Who was Margaret Beaufort?

4. Who was Henry Tudor?

5. Who was significantly absent from Richard III's coronation ceremony?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Buckingham so suddenly alienated from Richard III?

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

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

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

5. How, probably, were the Princes murdered?

6. What rumor persisted after Anne's death?

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

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

9. 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?

10. How did many people view the death of Richard III's only son, the Prince of Wales?

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