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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. In 1913, Russia celebrates its tercentenary. How many years is a tercentenary?

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

3. In what month and year is Nicholas II crowned Tsar?

4. Nicholas and Alexandra's first home is at the palace in:

5. Which European ruler is the blood cousin of Tsar Nicholas II?

Short Essay Questions

1. What outdoor activities does Alexis want to engage in but can not due to his hemophilia?

2. The Imperial Park at Tsarskoe Selo is the site of which two Russian palaces?

3. With which religious, sexually immoral, sect is Rasputin accused of having an association?

4. What begins to appear in public after Iliodor and his supporters are sent into seclusion?

5. When Alexis injures himself at Spala, who comes from St. Petersburg to help him?

6. When the First Imperial Duma appears in May 1906, what political parties form along with it?

7. When World War I begins, the Tsar is reluctant to become involved because Russia is not prepared for war. Why is Russia not prepared for war?

8. During the summer of 1912, while the family is at their hunting lodge in Spala, how does Alexis incur the hemorrhage in his groin and thigh that nearly kills him?

9. Catherine the Great is German, not Russian. How does she become Empress of Russia?

10. Why does a riot that kills hundreds of people take place in Moscow, and at what event, on the day following Nicholas' coronation?

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

By using the text as backup and comparing and contrasting Russian Orthodox and Lutheran beliefs, explain why women who marry into the Russian royal family convert to the Russian Orthodox faith, as Alix is required to do from the Lutheran faith in which she is raised.

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