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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. To what does Weir attribute the fall of the House of York and the Plantagenet dynasty?

2. After discovering the conspiracy, what did Richard III do?

3. What was Richard III's policy on the subject of the Princes?

4. Why did Buckingham suddenly defect from Richard III?

5. What information could not be determined at the time from the bones?

Short Essay Questions

1. Ironically, how did the dead princes affect Richard III's reign as opposed to the living Princes?

2. What does Weir claim is the most damning evidence against Richard III?

3. What rumor persisted after Anne's death?

4. How, probably, were the Princes murdered?

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

6. Why, claims Weir, was Tyrell's confession of the murder of the Princes significant?

7. What was the major reason why Buckingham's army collapsed and he was captured?

8. After their marriage, what children of Elizabeth of York and Henry VII lived to adulthood?

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

10. What happened when Richard III sent orders to Brackenbury to kill the Princes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Richard III's alleged relationship with his niece, Elizabeth of York.

1) Why would Richard have considered marrying his niece at all?

2) How were consanguineous, or even incestuous, relationship viewed differently in this time?

3) What evidence does Weir mention that shows Elizabeth was willing to marry her uncle?

Essay Topic 2

Create a character study of Edward IV.

1) How did Edward IV ascend to the throne?

2) What kind of ruler was he?

3) How did his marriage shock his councillors and the world?

4) What were his vices?

Essay Topic 3

What was the history of Gloucester's claim to the throne?

1) Who was Edward III?

2) Why was there such conflict after Edward III's death?

3) Who officially inherited the kingdom after Edward III's death?

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