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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After being warned that revolution is imminent, to whom does Tsar Nicholas give control?
(a) Alexis.
(b) A regent.
(c) Alexandra.
(d) Alexis, with a regent.

3. Why are the Romanovs not willing to escape, even though monarchist organizations triesd to help them?
(a) Nicholas doesn't want to leave Russia.
(b) Nicholas refuses to believe he has lost his throne.
(c) Nicholas doesn't want the family separated.
(d) Nicholas thinks his abdication is only temporary.

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 1, 1917.
(b) January 11, 1916.
(c) January 11, 1917.
(d) January 1, 1916.

5. The Provisional Government sends a request to England for _____________ for Nicholas and his family.
(a) Food and clothing.
(b) Medical treatment.
(c) Asylum.
(d) Psychiatric help.

6. On whom does Alexandra rely as her adviser after Nicholas goes to Stavka?
(a) Prime Minister Goremykin.
(b) Queen Victoria.
(c) Anna Vyrubova.
(d) Rasputin.

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

8. Who arrests Alexandra on March 21, 1917?
(a) Captain Kornilov.
(b) Captain Kotzebue.
(c) General Kornilov.
(d) General Kotzebue.

9. How many wartime letters from Alexandra to Nicholas are found in Ekaterinburg after the revolution?
(a) 1.
(b) 630.
(c) 360.
(d) Over 600.

10. At ___________ on the day they are murdered, the Romanovs are awakened and told to dress because they have to leave quickly.
(a) Two A.M.
(b) Noon.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Breakfast.

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

12. By the summer of 1915, the Tsar is at the front, but is in actuality a figurehead. Who is actually in charge of the army?
(a) Michael Vasilevich Alexeiev.
(b) Grand Duke Nicholas.
(c) Empress Alexandra.
(d) Prime Minister Stolypin.

13. By what criteria does Rasputin judge people?
(a) By their view of him and his life style.
(b) By their morals and character qualities.
(c) By their committment to the Orthodox Church.
(d) By his view of them and their life style.

14. At the end of June, why does the Romanov family stay up all night, fully dressed?
(a) They expect to be rescued.
(b) They expect to be relocated.
(c) They expect to be deported.
(d) They expect to be freed.

15. No one can ever convince Alexandra that Rasputin is:
(a) Bad news.
(b) Manipulative.
(c) Evil.
(d) A charlatan.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Tobolsk population is loyal to the:

2. When Rodzianko finally convinces Nicholas, who is still at Stavka, that the violence and strike in Petrograd are serious, what does he NOT do?

3. In which city does the first Russian revolution take place?

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

5. What is the name of the mine to which the bodies of the Romanovs are taken?

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