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

2. From where does Tsar Nicholas announce Germany's declaration of war on Russia to his subjects?
(a) Tsarskoe Selo.
(b) The Winter Palace.
(c) The Kremlin.
(d) The German embassy.

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

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

5. When do Tsars invoke the blessing of the icon the Vladimir Mother of God?
(a) Before they go to bed.
(b) During peace.
(c) During war.
(d) When they are crowned.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What region of Russia, where the Romanovs go every spring and celebrate Easter, is the family's favorite?

3. Why does Alexandra rarely leave the yacht?

4. What happens on March 21, 1917?

5. On what date does the provisional government receive official recognition from the United States?

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