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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does the Imperial Crown of Russia weigh?
(a) Nine grams.
(b) Nine pounds.
(c) Nine kilograms.
(d) Nine ounces.

2. Who is the head of the Russian supreme command?
(a) Grand Duke Nicholas.
(b) Rasputin.
(c) Tsar Nicholas.
(d) Alexis.

3. While Alexis is traveling during the fall of 1915, he suffers a nosebleed. His mother credits Rasputin with stopping the bleeding; however, what is the most likely reason the hemorrhage stops?
(a) Rasputin miraculously heals Alexis.
(b) The bleeding stops naturally on its own.
(c) Doctors cauterize the broken vessel.
(d) Alexis bleeds to death.

4. What is the Imperial Duma, which is first established in May 1906?
(a) Russia's Parliament.
(b) Russia's House of Representatives.
(c) Russia's Senate.
(d) Russia's national soccer team.

5. From where does Tsar Nicholas announce Germany's declaration of war on Russia to his subjects?
(a) The German embassy.
(b) The Kremlin.
(c) The Winter Palace.
(d) Tsarskoe Selo.

Short Answer Questions

1. With the Tsar at the front, a substitute autocrat is to be found. Who fills this role?

2. What Russian city is the hometown of Vladimir Lenin?

3. Nicholas presents his fiancee with jewels designed by:

4. Why do the Romanovs have two identical royal trains that travel a few miles apart?

5. With whom do the girls go to St. Petersburg on Sundays?

(see the answer key)

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