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

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

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

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

5. When Guchkov and Shulgan arrive to confer with Nicholas, to whom does he abdicate his throne in favor of?
(a) His brother Michael.
(b) The revolutionaries.
(c) His wife Alexandra.
(d) His son Alexis.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why do the Romanovs have two identical royal trains that travel a few miles apart?

4. As the revolution begins, what is Nicholas writing to Alexandra about?

5. Why does the royal trains stop wherever there is a cool spot or water available?

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