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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. What percentage of the Russian army are killed, injured or imprisoned by the end of 1914?
2. When Trotsky returns to Russia from New York in May 1917, what is his relationship with Lenin?
3. Vasily Pankratov and Alexander Nikolsky take charge of the Romanovs from Kobylinsky in what month in 1917?
4. Which Rasputin ally is appointed as Vice-President of the Duma in October 1916?
5. What is the house in Ekaterinburg where the Romanovs live called?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Colonel Kobylinsky is placed in charge of the Romanovs, how does the way in which they are treated change?
2. As the soldiers guarding the Romanovs in Tyumen come to understand the meaning of the revolution, how do their attitudes toward the Romanovs change?
3. 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?
4. What secret information is found in Alexandra's papers after the abdication? Who is authorized to have copies of this information?
5. After initially abdicating the throne to Alexis, why does Nicholas change his mind and turn it over to his brother Michael?
6. In the period between Nicholas' abdication and the Romanovs' arrest, why do the revolutionaries not attack the Alexander Palace, where the family is living?
7. Under the 'protection' of Captain Kotzebue's revolutionaries, how are the Romanovs treated at first?
8. How are the Romanovs lured to their deaths, and who tells them they were going to die? How long after the announcement of their impending death are the Romanovs killed?
9. At the Four Brothers Mine, how are the bodies of Nicholas and his family disposed of?
10. On March 12, the day the revolution begins, what is the response of the Cabinet? What is significant about this action?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The reason why Felix Yussoupov and his co-conspirators assassinate Rasputin is to try to save the monarchy. Using the text, analyze and explain why, and how, his assassination actually ends up contributing to the revolutionary cause and to the collapse of the monarchy.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and explain how the Tsar's reaction to and handling of the Assembly of Russian Workingmen strike that begins at the Putilov Steel Works and ends in bloodshed on "Bloody Sunday," January 22, 1905, change people's attitudes toward the Tsar and strengthen the revolutionary movement instead of quelling it as the Tsar hopes. Support your remarks with the text.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the narrative's description, in chapter 5, of Nicholas' and Alexandra's attitudes about the coronation day and analyze whether or not these attitudes (Alexandra's in particular) foreshadow how they deal with later problems in their personal as well as political lives. Use the text to support your arguments.
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