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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. 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 hot and stuffy.
(c) Because travel is cold and damp.
(d) Because the trains overheat often.

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

3. 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.

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

5. How does the three-hundred-year-old Romanov dynasty end in March, 1917?
(a) Alexandra also abdicates the throne.
(b) The revolutionaries assassinate the Romanovs.
(c) Alexis also abdicates the throne.
(d) Michael also abdicates the throne.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Taxes on the sale of vodka contribute to the government _______________.

(see the answer key)

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