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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the monk Iliodor after his attempts to confront Rasputin about his immorality fail?
(a) He is thrown into prison.
(b) He commits suicide.
(c) He becomes a revolutionary.
(d) He becomes Rasputin's disciple.

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

3. A crowd storms the German __________ and vandalizes its furnishings and artwork.
(a) Consulate.
(b) Embassy.
(c) Border.
(d) Passport office.

4. When the Duma arrives for the tercentenary celebration and finds Rasputin sitting in one of their chairs, what does the president of the Duma do?
(a) He physically removes Rasputin.
(b) He walks out of the celebration and refuses to participate.
(c) He gives up his seat to Rasputin.
(d) He physically attacks Rasputin and tries to kill him.

5. What kind of life do the Tsar's children lead?
(a) Average.
(b) Luxurious.
(c) Spartan.
(d) Poverty-stricken.

6. What happens to the two older girls instead of their debut?
(a) They are sent to their Aunt Ella's convent.
(b) They are sent to England.
(c) They are sent to St. Petersburg.
(d) They stay with the family at Tsarskoe Selo.

7. This Russian wins the Nobel Prize in 1904:
(a) Leo Tolstoy.
(b) Mikhail Gorbachev.
(c) Leon Trotsky.
(d) Ivan Pavlov.

8. How does Prime Minister Kokovtsov, who replaces Stolypin after his assassination, come to be replaced by Rasputin's ally, Goremykin?
(a) A revolutionary assassinates Kokovtsov.
(b) Kokovtsov steps down voluntarily.
(c) Kokovtsov dies in office of a massive heart attack.
(d) Rasputin pressures Nicholas to remove Kokovtsov.

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

10. What is the Romanovs' approach to publicizing Alexis' Spala injury?
(a) They use it as an opportunity to educate Russians about hemophilia.
(b) They only tell close friends and immediate family.
(c) They keep it a secret from the world.
(d) They only tell the citizens of Spala and St. Petersburg and swear them to secrecy on pain of death.

11. Why does the royal trains stop wherever there is a cool spot or water available?
(a) Because the trains overheat often.
(b) Because there is no water on the trains.
(c) Because travel is hot and stuffy.
(d) Because travel is cold and damp.

12. In whose carriage does Nicholas' mother, Marie, ride during the coronation ceremony?
(a) Vlad the Impaler's.
(b) Alexandra's.
(c) Nicholas's.
(d) Catherine the Great's.

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

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

15. Does Queen Victoria have a child with hemophilia? If so, what is the child's name?
(a) Yes. Albert.
(b) Yes. Leopold.
(c) Yes. Louise.
(d) No.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stolypin do away with?

2. What church is the main Christian influence in Nicholas' country?

3. What faith does Nicholas' fiancee have to convert to in order to marry him?

4. In one word, how is Rasputin's appearance described?

5. What are the names of Alexis' bodyguards?

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