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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. On what date does the provisional government receive official recognition from the United States?
(a) March 15, 1917.
(b) March 22, 1917.
(c) March 31, 1917.
(d) March 21, 1917.

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

3. What does the Tsar change the name of St. Petersburg to on August 31, 1914?
(a) Tsaringrad.
(b) Nicholasburg.
(c) Petrograd.
(d) Leningrad.

4. Taxes on the sale of vodka contribute to the government _______________.
(a) Revenues.
(b) Profits.
(c) Corruption.
(d) Deficit.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What region of Russia, where the Romanovs go every spring and celebrate Easter, is the family's favorite?

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

4. As Nicholas returns to Petrograd, why is the train detoured to Pskov?

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

(see the answer key)

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