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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 title did Edward IV give Richard just before his death?

2. What other member of his family did Gloucester have to slander to overcome the Princes?

3. Where did Gloucester send Rivers, Grey, and Vaughn?

4. When they spoke to King Edward V, who did Gloucester and Buckingham blame for Edward IV's death?

5. When do Croyland and Mancini believe Richard began planning to take the crown?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did it make sense to house King Edward V in the Tower of London?

2. What advantages did Richard gain by marrying Anne of Neville?

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

4. What does Weir theorize about Richard's deformity?

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

6. Why, eventually, did King Edward IV have Clarence executed?

7. What catastrophic mistake did Edward IV make before he died?

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

9. Why did most of the magnates despise the Wydvilles?

10. Why did Edward IV's health suddenly fail?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alison Weir examines other "revisionist" theories in her work.

1) What are the other theories of the Princes' fates?

2) Whose theories are these and where have they gotten their information?

3) Why, according to Weir, are these theories wrong?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Create a character study of the Princes.

1) What was the Princes' claim to the throne?

2) How are the Princes described, before and during their incarceration?

3) How are the Princes viewed by the people of England?

4) Though it was a violent time, what did people think about killing children?

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