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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the Russians turn away from Vienna and Budapest just as they are about to take them over?
(a) To fight against the revolutionaries in their own country.
(b) To assist the French against the Germans.
(c) They run out of ammunition.
(d) They run out of food.

2. With the Tsar at the front, a substitute autocrat is to be found. Who fills this role?
(a) Rasputin.
(b) Rasputin, accompanied by the Empress Alexandra.
(c) The Empress Alexandra, accompanied by Rasputin.
(d) The Empress Alexandra.

3. What beneficial effect does Alexandra believe Rasputin has on Alexis?
(a) She believes Rasputin keeps him calm.
(b) She believes Rasputin heals him.
(c) She believes Rasputin makes him holy.
(d) She believes Rasputin protects him from injury.

4. Which Russian Prime Ministers does Alexandra send Rasputin to meet with?
(a) Goremykin and Kokovtsov.
(b) Goremykin and Stolypin.
(c) Goremykin and Witte.
(d) Stolypin and Kokovtsov.

5. Why does Russia negotiate a ninety-nine-year lease with China on Port Arthur?
(a) It gives Russia an ice-free port.
(b) It gives Russia a way to get supplies to Siberia by sea.
(c) It gives Russia a foot in the door with the Chinese.
(d) It gives Russia an eastern port.

Short Answer Questions

1. What German author's writings influence Lenin?

2. Where are the Romanovs when Austria's Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914?

3. What are Alexandra's own, multiple, medical problems described as?

4. What is the name of the Serbian revolutionary group to which Archduke Ferdinand's assassin belongs?

5. Russia's 1905 defeat in the Straits of Tsushima shapes its naval strategy for which future war?

(see the answer key)

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