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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. On what date are the Romanovs murdered?
(a) June 16, 1917.
(b) July 16, 1918.
(c) July 16, 1917.
(d) June 16, 1918.

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

5. On the day they are murdered, what is the reason the Romanovs are given for having to leave?
(a) The Red Russians are approaching Ekaterinburg.
(b) The Monarchists are approaching Ekaterinburg.
(c) The White Russians are approaching Ekaterinburg.
(d) The Revolutionaries are approaching Ekaterinburg.

6. By sunset on March 12, 1917, the day the first Russian revolution begins, more than _____________ Russian soldiers mutiny and joined the revolution.
(a) 666,000.
(b) 6,000.
(c) 66,000.
(d) 660.

7. In January 1919, a special investigator finds the mine with its evidence of the ___________ of the Romanovs.
(a) Belongings.
(b) Bodies.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Jewels.

8. While Alexis is traveling during the fall of 1915, he suffers a nosebleed. His mother credits Rasputin with stopping the bleeding; however, what is the most likely reason the hemorrhage stops?
(a) Rasputin miraculously heals Alexis.
(b) Alexis bleeds to death.
(c) Doctors cauterize the broken vessel.
(d) The bleeding stops naturally on its own.

9. When Guchkov and Shulgan arrive to confer with Nicholas, to whom does he abdicate his throne in favor of?
(a) His brother Michael.
(b) His wife Alexandra.
(c) The revolutionaries.
(d) His son Alexis.

10. After Lenin and Trotsky return to Russia, where does Kerensky decide to relocate the Romanovs to?
(a) The Crimea.
(b) Ekaterinburg.
(c) Tobolsk, in western Siberia.
(d) Moscow.

11. Family members and friends of the Romanovs believe the revolution is coming from:
(a) Within.
(b) Below.
(c) Above.
(d) Outside.

12. Rasputin's murderers are viewed as ___________ in Petrograd.
(a) Revolutionaries.
(b) Traitors.
(c) Heroes.
(d) Murderers.

13. How does the three-hundred-year-old Romanov dynasty end in March, 1917?
(a) Michael also abdicates the throne.
(b) Alexandra also abdicates the throne.
(c) Alexis also abdicates the throne.
(d) The revolutionaries assassinate the Romanovs.

14. 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) Empress Alexandra.
(b) Prime Minister Stolypin.
(c) Michael Vasilevich Alexeiev.
(d) Grand Duke Nicholas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the rest of Petrograd believe about Rasputin's motives for his continued involvement with the Romanovs?

2. The plan is for Nicholas and Alexandra to travel to _____________ and then to ____________ once the children are well.

3. What happens on March 21, 1917?

4. Rasputin's murderers are trying to ________ the monarchy.

5. On what date does the provisional government receive official recognition from the United States?

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