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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the revolution begins, what is Nicholas writing to Alexandra about?
(a) Trout fishing.
(b) Preparing to flee with her family to safety.
(c) Playing dominoes.
(d) His plans to save the monarchy.

2. Why does the royal trains stop wherever there is a cool spot or water available?
(a) Because the trains overheat often.
(b) Because travel is cold and damp.
(c) Because there is no water on the trains.
(d) Because travel is hot and stuffy.

3. Why do the Romanovs have two identical royal trains that travel a few miles apart?
(a) Because of the danger of foreign invaders.
(b) In case one train breaks down.
(c) Because the family and their attendants are so large.
(d) Because of the danger of revolutionaries.

4. How does the three-hundred-year-old Romanov dynasty end in March, 1917?
(a) The revolutionaries assassinate the Romanovs.
(b) Alexis also abdicates the throne.
(c) Michael also abdicates the throne.
(d) Alexandra also abdicates the throne.

5. What does the jeweler Faberge make every Easter for Nicholas' wife and mother?
(a) Jeweled rabbits.
(b) Jewel-encrusted crowns.
(c) Jeweled eggs.
(d) Jeweled crosses.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does Tsar Nicholas announce Germany's declaration of war on Russia to his subjects?

2. A crowd storms the German __________ and vandalizes its furnishings and artwork.

3. What happens on March 21, 1917?

4. Russia has to limit the amount of _____________ their soldiers use in one day because of shortages.

5. When Guchkov and Shulgan arrive to confer with Nicholas, to whom does he abdicate his throne in favor of?

(see the answer key)

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