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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rasputin do as a child that earns him a reputation as a seer?
(a) He identifies a bank robber.
(b) He identifies a horse thief.
(c) He identifies a rapist.
(d) He identifies a murderer.

2. What faith does Nicholas' fiancee have to convert to in order to marry him?
(a) Russian Orthodox.
(b) Islam.
(c) Roman Catholicism.
(d) Judaism.

3. Why does Alexandra rarely leave the yacht?
(a) She is always seasick.
(b) She can't speak Russian.
(c) She has agoraphobia.
(d) She has sciatica.

4. What does Stolypin do away with?
(a) The peasantry.
(b) Private property.
(c) Communal farming.
(d) The monarchy.

5. Which European ruler is the blood cousin of Tsar Nicholas II?
(a) Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.
(b) Kaiser William II of Germany.
(c) Queen Victoria of England.
(d) President Emile Loubet of France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the royal yacht?

2. Which Russian Prime Ministers does Alexandra send Rasputin to meet with?

3. With what medical condition is Alexis diagnosed at six weeks of age?

4. Alexis' illness _________ alter the household routine.

5. Nicholas and Alexandra's first home is at the palace in:

(see the answer key)

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