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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Catherine Palace is being used as a _____________.

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. What kind of information does Alexandra give to Rasputin, despite Nicholas' requests to her not to?

4. How much of the Russian army is destroyed by the summer of 1915?

5. Rasputin always tells Alexandra that Alexis loses the crown and Alexandra dies if ______________ dies.

Short Essay Questions

1. When strikers marched in the streets on Sunday, March 11, 1917, they find that signs are posted by order of the Tsar. What do the signs say?

2. On March 12, the day the revolution begins, what is the response of the Cabinet? What is significant about this action?

3. When Colonel Kobylinsky is placed in charge of the Romanovs, how does the way in which they are treated change?

4. When Alexis suffers a nosebleed and Rasputin is sent for, what does Rasputin do when he arrives and what happens afterward?

5. At the Four Brothers Mine, how are the bodies of Nicholas and his family disposed of?

6. What secret information is found in Alexandra's papers after the abdication? Who is authorized to have copies of this information?

7. Under what conditions does England agree to grant the Romanovs asylum, and why is the request eventually withdrawn?

8. Under the 'protection' of Captain Kotzebue's revolutionaries, how are the Romanovs treated at first?

9. What do Rasputin's murderers believe is the outcome of his death?

10. To what is the collapse of the Russian monarchy near the end of World War I ultimately attributed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using the text and by doing research on the disease as well as using what is learned in class, describe and explain what hemophilia is, why it only occurs in males, and how Queen Victoria is believed to have become a carrier. How does this disease affect the Romanovs' fate?

Essay Topic 2

Using the text to support your arguments, compare and contrast the ideologies of the Provisional Government that is established immediately after the revolution with those of the Bolsheviks, and explain why the Bolsheviks are so easily able to take control of Russia's government in the days and weeks following the revolution.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characteristics of Russia's autocratic monarchy with those of its constitutional monarchy, and analyze whether or not Nicholas' attempt to hold onto as much autocracy as possible after the passage of the Imperial Manifesto contributes to the end of the Romanov dynasty and, therefore, Russia's monarchy. Back up your work with examples from the text.

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