Q.1
The two princes were both named after previous kings. What were their names?
  • Henry and John
  • Edward and Richard
  • Edward and John
  • Henry and Richard
Q.2
Urged by his supporters, the princes' uncle, Richard, declared the boys to be illegitimate heirs to the throne and he was crowned as king in their stead. On what grounds were the boys said to be illegitimate?
  • Their parents had not been married when they were born
  • Their mother was still married to another when she married their father
  • Their parents' wedding had not been conducted by a registered priest
  • Their father had promised to marry another before he married their mother
Q.3
After the end of the Wars of the Roses, the Tudor victors claimed that Richard had murdered his nephews. A book written in 1513 entitled was written by which famous Tudor figure who later served as chancellor to Henry VIII?
  • Sir Thomas Audley
  • Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
  • Sir Thomas More
  • Bishop Thomas Goodrich
Q.4
Tudor propaganda that Richard murdered his nephews was enshrined in the national consciousness as truth by which writer?
  • Robert Louis Stephenson
  • William Shakespeare
  • Charles Dickens
  • Christopher Marlowe
Q.5
In 1674 the bones of two children were discovered in the Tower of London buried along with animal bones. These were investigated by an anatomist in What did his tests prove?
  • The bones might have belonged to the princes
  • The princes were beheaded
  • The bones were not those of the princes
  • The princes were strangled
Q.6
In 1789 two coffins containing the bodies of two children, possibly the princes, were found in a vault attached to whose tomb?
  • Henry VII's tomb
  • Richard III's tomb
  • Henry VI's tomb
  • Edward IV's tomb
Q.7
No official accusation or charge was ever made against Richard III regarding the murder of his nephews. The closest thing to a charge was when Henry VII declared that Richard was worthy of punishment without trial due to what crime?
  • Shedding of infants' blood
  • Suffocation of children
  • Murder of youngsters
  • Killing of minors
Q.8
Besides Richard III, who is the most likely suspect for the princes' murders?
  • John Howard, Duke of Norfolk
  • Elizabeth, sister of the princes and wife of Henry VII
  • Henry VII
  • Jane Shore, Edward IV's mistress
Q.9
One man has been named by both the Tudors and the Yorkists as the man who murdered the princes. What is his name?
  • James Ford
  • James Plantagenet
  • James Stewart
  • James Tyrell
Q.10
In the 1490s a man claiming to be one of the princes made a claim to the English throne as Richard IV. His attempt to overthrow Henry VII failed and he was executed. By what name is he remembered in history?
  • Lambert Simnel
  • Perkin Warbeck
  • Christian Butler
  • Warren Pinkrose
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