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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do Tsars invoke the blessing of the icon the Vladimir Mother of God?
(a) Before they go to bed.
(b) During peace.
(c) During war.
(d) When they are crowned.

2. What does Russia's government receive on October 30, 1905?
(a) Its first real challenge from the Bolsheviks.
(b) Its first constitution and parliament.
(c) Its first constitution and president.
(d) A male heir.

3. When Rasputin visits the Alexander Palace, where does he stay?
(a) In Nicholas' quarters.
(b) At Anna Vyrubova's house.
(c) In Alexis' quarters.
(d) Above the Princesses' bedrooms.

4. What happens to Alexis while the family is vacationing at Spala?
(a) He has a hemorrhage in his groin and thigh.
(b) He has a hemorrhage in his groin and abdomen.
(c) He has a hemorrhage in his knee and calf.
(d) He has a hemorrhage in his thigh and knee.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the older two daughters not make their public debut in 1914?

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

3. What is the name of the royal yacht?

4. How much longer does the family stay at Spala, before returning to Tsarskoe Selo, after Alexandra's conversation with Rasputin?

5. Does Queen Victoria have a child with hemophilia? If so, what is the child's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. When World War I begins, why do Nicholas and Alexandra travel to Moscow?

2. When the Imperial Manifesto of October 30, 1905 establishes an elected parliament and rights for the people, Russia's government changes from an autocracy to what form of government?

3. How does the Russo-Japanese war end?

4. Why is Alexandra so severely affected by Alexis' hemophilia?

5. During the summer of 1912, while the family is at their hunting lodge in Spala, how does Alexis incur the hemorrhage in his groin and thigh that nearly kills him?

6. How does Austria's Archduke Ferdinand wind up being assassinated by Serbian revolutionaries, in spite of a route revision after his speech that is designed to keep him out of danger?

7. What do the old women in the crowd observing Alexander III's funeral procession say of Alexandra, who rides alone and behind the rest of the family?

8. Why do many in St. Petersburg society consider Alexandra a prude?

9. What outdoor activities does Alexis want to engage in but can not due to his hemophilia?

10. The Imperial Park at Tsarskoe Selo is the site of which two Russian palaces?

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