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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 Nicholas returns to Petrograd, why is the train detoured to Pskov?
(a) A rock slide is ahead on the tracks.
(b) Another train is derailed ahead on the tracks.
(c) A fallen tree is ahead on the tracks.
(d) Revolutionary troops are ahead on the tracks.

2. Taxes on the sale of vodka contribute to the government _______________.
(a) Corruption.
(b) Revenues.
(c) Profits.
(d) Deficit.

3. 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 revolutionaries.
(c) Because of the danger of foreign invaders.
(d) Because the family and their attendants are so large.

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

5. On what date does the provisional government receive official recognition from the United States?
(a) March 22, 1917.
(b) March 15, 1917.
(c) March 31, 1917.
(d) March 21, 1917.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the royal trains stop wherever there is a cool spot or water available?

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

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

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

5. What is the name of the royal yacht?

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