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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What region of Russia, where the Romanovs go every spring and celebrate Easter, is the family's favorite?
(a) The Ukraine.
(b) Siberia.
(c) The Crimea.
(d) The Urals.

2. As a "starets" or man of God, what is Rasputin specifically considered to be?
(a) An apostle.
(b) An evangelist.
(c) A miracle healer.
(d) An exorcist.

3. In what month and year is Nicholas II crowned Tsar?
(a) January 1896.
(b) January 1895.
(c) May 1896.
(d) May 1895.

4. From where does Tsar Nicholas announce Germany's declaration of war on Russia to his subjects?
(a) The Kremlin.
(b) The German embassy.
(c) The Winter Palace.
(d) Tsarskoe Selo.

5. How much does the Imperial Crown of Russia weigh?
(a) Nine kilograms.
(b) Nine grams.
(c) Nine ounces.
(d) Nine pounds.

6. What takes place in 1913 that, by July 1914, involves more than one and one half of Russia's citizens?
(a) A nationwide strike.
(b) A religious awakening.
(c) A political movement.
(d) A plague.

7. Rasputin's influence over the Romanovs causes a rift between __________ and __________.
(a) Alexis and Olga.
(b) Alexandra and Queen Victoria.
(c) Nicholas and Kaiser William.
(d) Ella and Alexandra.

8. Which Russian Prime Ministers does Alexandra send Rasputin to meet with?
(a) Goremykin and Stolypin.
(b) Goremykin and Witte.
(c) Stolypin and Kokovtsov.
(d) Goremykin and Kokovtsov.

9. When Serbia replies to Austria's ultimatum, what happens?
(a) Austria sends a counter-offer to Serbia and begins shelling Serbia.
(b) Austria accepts Serbia's reply but begins shelling Serbia anyway.
(c) Austria rejects Serbia's reply and begins shelling Serbia.
(d) Austria begins shelling Serbia.

10. On what date is Alexis, the male heir to the throne of Russia, born?
(a) July 28, 1904.
(b) August 12, 1904.
(c) April 7,1902 (Easter day).
(d) October 30, 1905.

11. Where are the Romanovs when Austria's Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914?
(a) Sailing on the Standart.
(b) Hunting in Spala.
(c) Vacationing at Livadia.
(d) Vacationing in the Crimean mountains.

12. The Tsar is the ruler of which country?
(a) The Soviet Union.
(b) Russia.
(c) Siberia.
(d) Serbia.

13. What is the name of the royal yacht?
(a) The Standart.
(b) The Queen Mary.
(c) The Crimea.
(d) The Simbirsk.

14. Russia has to limit the amount of _____________ their soldiers use in one day because of shortages.
(a) Water.
(b) Food.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Ammunition.

15. What is one of the nationalities that is NOT part of the empire over which the Tsar rules?
(a) Slavs.
(b) French.
(c) Tartars.
(d) Germans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the monk Iliodor after his attempts to confront Rasputin about his immorality fail?

2. Which option lists the names of Nicholas and Alexandra's daughters in order of their birth?

3. Nicholas' father, Alexander III, dies at the family's palace at:

4. Why do the Romanovs have two identical royal trains that travel a few miles apart?

5. What does the jeweler Faberge make every Easter for Nicholas' wife and mother?

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