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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is responsible for the Romanovs' safety when they are first arrested in March 1917?
(a) Kobylinsky.
(b) Lenin.
(c) Kerensky.
(d) Rodzianko.

2. Lenin is living in _____________ when the revolution occurs in Petrograd.
(a) Switzerland.
(b) The United States.
(c) Siberia.
(d) Poland.

3. Which river is Rasputin thrown into by his would-be assassins?
(a) Volga.
(b) Thames.
(c) Neva.
(d) Loire.

4. What does the rest of Petrograd believe about Rasputin's motives for his continued involvement with the Romanovs?
(a) They assume he is a paid Austrian spy.
(b) They assume he is a paid German spy.
(c) They assume he is an undercover revolutionary.
(d) They assume he is a paid Serbian spy.

5. The official announcement is, initially, that the Tsar is executed and the rest of the family is ___________ in the evacuation of Ekaterinburg.
(a) Lost.
(b) Granted asylum.
(c) Exiled.
(d) Re-educated.

6. What year do the Germans target as the year to force the Russians out of the war?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1916.

7. Rasputin's murderers are trying to ________ the monarchy.
(a) Revolutionize.
(b) Change.
(c) Overthrow.
(d) Save.

8. What is the house in Ekaterinburg where the Romanovs live called?
(a) The House of Nicholas.
(b) The House of Special Dispensation.
(c) The House of Special Purposes.
(d) The House of Romanov.

9. How do the Romanovs travel for most of the journey to Siberia?
(a) Horse and carriage.
(b) Horseback.
(c) Luxury train.
(d) Regular passenger train.

10. Where do the Romanovs live in Tobolsk?
(a) A palace.
(b) A prison.
(c) The governor's house.
(d) An apartment complex.

11. In March 1917, what illness do three of the Romanov children, plus Anna Vyrubova, have?
(a) Mumps.
(b) Chicken pox.
(c) Measles.
(d) Strep throat.

12. Of the twenty-eight people tried for the murder of the Tsar, how many are executed?
(a) Five.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) One.
(d) Twenty-eight.

13. Rasputin always tells Alexandra that Alexis loses the crown and Alexandra dies if ______________ dies.
(a) Rasputin.
(b) Alexis.
(c) Nicholas.
(d) Queen Victoria.

14. What is the name of the mine to which the bodies of the Romanovs are taken?
(a) The Four Uncles.
(b) The Four Brothers.
(c) The Four Bears.
(d) The Four Comrades.

15. Under Russian law, what is Kerensky's call for removal of the Tsar?
(a) Slander of a public official.
(b) Sedition.
(c) Inciting a riot.
(d) Treason.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rasputin's murderers are viewed as ___________ in Petrograd.

2. Boris Soloviev, the ___________ of Rasputin, moves to Tyumen to try to help the Romanovs escape and, indeed, becomes famous as the man who tries to rescue them.

3. As the revolution begins, what is Nicholas writing to Alexandra about?

4. What is the name of the treaty that brings peace between Russia and Germany in the spring of 1918?

5. The Grand Duke Michael, Nicholas's brother, tries to bring the royal family to Moscow for what reason?

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