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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Nicholas returns to Petrograd, why is the train detoured to Pskov?
(a) Revolutionary troops are ahead on the tracks.
(b) Another train is derailed ahead on the tracks.
(c) A rock slide is ahead on the tracks.
(d) A fallen tree is ahead on the tracks.

2. What does the jeweler Faberge make every Easter for Nicholas' wife and mother?
(a) Jeweled eggs.
(b) Jeweled crosses.
(c) Jeweled rabbits.
(d) Jewel-encrusted crowns.

3. Why does Alexandra rarely leave the yacht?
(a) She is always seasick.
(b) She has agoraphobia.
(c) She has sciatica.
(d) She can't speak Russian.

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

5. What region of Russia, where the Romanovs go every spring and celebrate Easter, is the family's favorite?
(a) Siberia.
(b) The Ukraine.
(c) The Urals.
(d) The Crimea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Russia has to limit the amount of _____________ their soldiers use in one day because of shortages.

2. When Guchkov and Shulgan arrive to confer with Nicholas, to whom does he abdicate his throne in favor of?

3. On what date does the provisional government receive official recognition from the United States?

4. A crowd storms the German __________ and vandalizes its furnishings and artwork.

5. When do Tsars invoke the blessing of the icon the Vladimir Mother of God?

(see the answer key)

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