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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) A rock slide is ahead on the tracks.
(c) A fallen tree is ahead on the tracks.
(d) Another train is derailed ahead on the tracks.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the royal yacht?

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

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

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

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