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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. Why was Hastings executed so swiftly after Gloucester's accusation?

2. Who did Gloucester send with warrants for the execution of Rivers, Grey, and Vaughn?

3. When do most contemporary historians think Gloucester had made up his mind to usurp the throne?

4. For what crime was Clarence ultimately executed?

5. Why did Gloucester prefer to promote Buckingham instead of Hastings?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Gloucester lull Rivers into a false sense of security?

2. What were the two opposing sides regarding Gloucester's role as Protector?

3. Into what two groups does Weir break down those who write about the Princes in the Tower?

4. Why was the succession to the English throne unstable in the fifteenth century after Edward III's death?

5. How did Gloucester eventually neutralize Hastings?

6. What, according to Weir, is most essential when discussing the mystery of the Princes?

7. How did Edward IV shock the world with his marriage?

8. How did Gloucester back up his claim that Edward V was illegitimate?

9. How was Richard III formally asked to become King?

10. What was amazing about Gloucester and Buckingham's coup?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to Weir, did Richard III really have a deformity? Why or why not?

1) What do the few surviving portraits show?

2) What do the accounts of his contemporaries reveal?

3) How were adjustments made to his image in the Tudor period?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Who was Lord Hastings? What was his involvement in Richard III's coup? Did he believe Richard III should be king? Why or why not? How did Hastings die, and why was he killed? After the death of Hastings, who stood in Richard III's way?

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