Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What outraged the chroniclers about the treatment of Richard III's corpse?
2. In what year did Tyrell betray Henry VII?
3. What family was young Henry Tudor sent to live with in his formative years?
4. Where did Richard III send Warwick for safekeeping?
5. Before she allowed her daughters to leave sanctuary, what did Elizabeth Wydville ask Richard III to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was Richard of York often impersonated, but Edward V never impersonated?
2. Why did Elizabeth of York finally send Henry Tudor a ring and declare that she would marry him?
3. How did Henry Tudor finally claim the English crown?
4. What factors kept Richard III from marrying his niece?
5. What is Alison Weir's ultimate conclusion of who killed the princes in the tower?
6. Why did Sir James Tyrell, after surviving the change of monarchs and even faring well under Henry VII, choose to support the Earl of Lincoln's ambitions?
7. Why would Richard III have considered marrying his eighteen-year-old niece Elizabeth of York?
8. After their marriage, what children of Elizabeth of York and Henry VII lived to adulthood?
9. What was the major reason why Buckingham's army collapsed and he was captured?
10. How did many people view the death of Richard III's only son, the Prince of Wales?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Create a character study of Richard III.
1) Examine the qualities that gave him the potential to be a good king.
2) Explain the series of mistakes and misfortunes in his reign that caused his unpopularity.
3) Were there any of Richard III's qualities you found surprising?
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?
|
This section contains 681 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
