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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Queen is known to carry the gene for hemophilia. How many of her daughters also carry the gene?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

2. How much of the Russian army is destroyed by the summer of 1915?
(a) Two-thirds.
(b) Half.
(c) All.
(d) Three-quarters.

3. Russia's 1905 defeat in the Straits of Tsushima shapes its naval strategy for which future war?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Gulf War.
(c) The Cold War.
(d) World War I.

4. What Russian city is the hometown of Vladimir Lenin?
(a) Simbirsk.
(b) Kiev.
(c) St. Petersburg.
(d) Moscow.

5. Why does Russia negotiate a ninety-nine-year lease with China on Port Arthur?
(a) It gives Russia a way to get supplies to Siberia by sea.
(b) It gives Russia a foot in the door with the Chinese.
(c) It gives Russia an eastern port.
(d) It gives Russia an ice-free port.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a "starets" or man of God, what is Rasputin specifically considered to be?

2. What German author's writings influence Lenin?

3. Where are the Romanovs when Austria's Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914?

4. In which member of the European royal family does the hemophilia gene first appear as a spontaneous mutation?

5. How do Nicholas and Alexandra deal with Alexis' medical condition?

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