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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. How do Nicholas and the others keep up on world events after their arrest?
2. What happens five days after the Tsar relinquishes control of the government?
3. What is Colonel Eugene Kobylinsky's political affiliation?
4. What is the name of the royal family member who leads the 1916/17 plot to assassinate Rasputin?
5. Who is the head of the Russian supreme command?
Short Essay Questions
1. After the revolution, 630 letters from Alexandra to Nicholas, written while Nicholas is at the Stavka, are found in Ekaterinburg. What do the letters contain?
2. In agreeing to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, what territory does Russia give up?
3. In the period immediately following the assassination of Tsar Nicholas and his family, why do as many of his Romanov relatives as are able leave Russia?
4. Under what conditions does England agree to grant the Romanovs asylum, and why is the request eventually withdrawn?
5. Why does Alexandra move Anna Vyrubova into an apartment in the Alexander Palace?
6. At the Four Brothers Mine, how are the bodies of Nicholas and his family disposed of?
7. In the period between Nicholas' abdication and the Romanovs' arrest, why do the revolutionaries not attack the Alexander Palace, where the family is living?
8. What secret information is found in Alexandra's papers after the abdication? Who is authorized to have copies of this information?
9. During the sixteen months Nicholas is at either Stavka or the front, Alexandra is in charge of the administrative functions of the government. What is the result of Alexandra's leadership?
10. In the letter that turns out to prophesy his death as well as the fate of the monarchy, what does Rasputin say happens to the Romanovs if his death is at the hands of peasants or commoners? Likewise, what does he say happens to the monarchy if his death is at the hands of nobles?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and demonstrate how Nicholas' agreement to the Imperial Manifesto and the establishment of the Duma (Russia's Parliament) both enable the revolutionaries and hasten the collapse of the Russian monarchy. Use the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the views and philosophies of Lenin's Bolsheviks with Plekhanov's Mensheviks, and analyze--using the text as backup--why Lenin and the Bolshevik views prevailed over Plekhanov and the Mensheviks.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast Nicholas' and Alexandra's contributions to the Russian monarchy, especially how they choose to deal with the beginning of its decline and the growing power of the revolutionaries, with Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna's prediction that Nicholas and Alexandra's inadequacies as rulers make them the last generation of Romanov rulers. Demonstrate whether or not the Grand Duchess is correct in her analysis of Nicholas and Alexandra as inadequate rulers.
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