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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Russia's response to the Austrian shelling of Serbia?
(a) The Tsar mobilizes Russian troops along the Serbian border.
(b) The Tsar mobilizes Russian troops along the Austrian border.
(c) The Tsar invades Austria.
(d) The Tsar invades Serbia.
2. 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.
3. Nicholas' wedding takes place:
(a) In Moscow, during Alexander's funeral.
(b) In St. Petersburg, after Alexander's funeral.
(c) In St. Petersburg, before Alexander's funeral.
(d) In Moscow, after Alexander's funeral.
4. What takes place in 1913 that, by July 1914, involves more than one and one half of Russia's citizens?
(a) A political movement.
(b) A plague.
(c) A nationwide strike.
(d) A religious awakening.
5. Which European ruler is the blood cousin of Tsar Nicholas II?
(a) Kaiser William II of Germany.
(b) President Emile Loubet of France.
(c) Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.
(d) Queen Victoria of England.
6. This Russian wins the Nobel Prize in 1904:
(a) Mikhail Gorbachev.
(b) Leo Tolstoy.
(c) Ivan Pavlov.
(d) Leon Trotsky.
7. Does Queen Victoria have a child with hemophilia? If so, what is the child's name?
(a) Yes. Leopold.
(b) Yes. Albert.
(c) No.
(d) Yes. Louise.
8. Russia has to limit the amount of _____________ their soldiers use in one day because of shortages.
(a) Food.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Ammunition.
(d) Water.
9. When Serbia replies to Austria's ultimatum, what happens?
(a) Austria begins shelling Serbia.
(b) Austria accepts Serbia's reply but begins shelling Serbia anyway.
(c) Austria sends a counter-offer to Serbia and begins shelling Serbia.
(d) Austria rejects Serbia's reply and begins shelling Serbia.
10. What does the Tsar change the name of St. Petersburg to on August 31, 1914?
(a) Nicholasburg.
(b) Tsaringrad.
(c) Petrograd.
(d) Leningrad.
11. Nicholas is especially weak in ___________ affairs.
(a) International.
(b) Financial.
(c) Domestic.
(d) Military.
12. How do Nicholas and Alexandra deal with Alexis' medical condition?
(a) They are very open and public about it.
(b) They don't know about it.
(c) They ignore it.
(d) They keep it a secret.
13. How does Alexandra meet Rasputin?
(a) Through the Empress Marie, her mother-in-law.
(b) Through Alexis' bodyguards.
(c) Through Nicholas.
(d) Through her best friend, Anna Vyrubova.
14. When Rasputin visits the Alexander Palace, where does he stay?
(a) At Anna Vyrubova's house.
(b) In Alexis' quarters.
(c) In Nicholas' quarters.
(d) Above the Princesses' bedrooms.
15. What are Alexandra's own, multiple, medical problems described as?
(a) Hereditary.
(b) Allergy-related.
(c) Stress-induced.
(d) Psychosomatic.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why do the Romanovs have two identical royal trains that travel a few miles apart?
2. What faith does Nicholas' fiancee have to convert to in order to marry him?
3. What happens to Alexis while the family is vacationing at Spala?
4. In which member of the European royal family does the hemophilia gene first appear as a spontaneous mutation?
5. What does the jeweler Faberge make every Easter for Nicholas' wife and mother?
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