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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Chapter 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna say about Nicholas and Alexandra?
(a) She says they are known as the greatest Romanov rulers in history.
(b) She says that Nicholas ought to award the throne to his brother Michael in light of Alexis' illness.
(c) She says they are the last generation of Romanov rulers.
(d) She says their son, Alexis, becomes the greatest Romanov ruler.

2. Vasily Pankratov and Alexander Nikolsky take charge of the Romanovs from Kobylinsky in what month in 1917?
(a) July.
(b) August.
(c) October.
(d) September.

3. In addition to all the official ceremonies, what else do the Romanovs do to celebrate Russia's tercentenary?
(a) They make a cross-country public relations trip.
(b) They make a pilgrimage to Constantinople, the seat of Orthodoxy.
(c) They make a public relations trip through every country in Europe.
(d) They make a pilgrimage to trace the route of the first Tsar.

4. What is the date by which Rasputin, writing before his death, predicts he will be dead and which, indeed, turns out to be the day his body is found?
(a) January 11, 1917.
(b) January 1, 1916.
(c) January 1, 1917.
(d) January 11, 1916.

5. The Grand Duke Michael, Nicholas's brother, tries to bring the royal family to Moscow for what reason?
(a) To stop Lenin.
(b) To keep the treaty with Germany from being signed.
(c) To stop Trotsky.
(d) To smuggle them out of Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the Bishop of St. Petersburg when he tries to investigate Rasputin's immoral behavior?

2. In March 1917, what illness do three of the Romanov children, plus Anna Vyrubova, have?

3. After being warned that revolution is imminent, to whom does Tsar Nicholas give control?

4. When Nicholas leaves Tsarskoe Selo, Alexandra takes on the ___________ functions of government in Petrograd.

5. What is the name of the royal family member who leads the 1916/17 plot to assassinate Rasputin?

(see the answer key)

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