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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 the revolution begins, what is Nicholas writing to Alexandra about?
(a) Playing dominoes.
(b) His plans to save the monarchy.
(c) Trout fishing.
(d) Preparing to flee with her family to safety.

2. Why do the Romanovs have two identical royal trains that travel a few miles apart?
(a) Because the family and their attendants are so large.
(b) Because of the danger of foreign invaders.
(c) Because of the danger of revolutionaries.
(d) In case one train breaks down.

3. Why does the royal trains stop wherever there is a cool spot or water available?
(a) Because there is no water on the trains.
(b) Because travel is cold and damp.
(c) Because the trains overheat often.
(d) Because travel is hot and stuffy.

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

5. A crowd storms the German __________ and vandalizes its furnishings and artwork.
(a) Border.
(b) Passport office.
(c) Consulate.
(d) Embassy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the three-hundred-year-old Romanov dynasty end in March, 1917?

2. What is the name of the royal yacht?

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

4. What does the jeweler Faberge make every Easter for Nicholas' wife and mother?

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

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