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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 is the name of the royal yacht?
(a) The Queen Mary.
(b) The Simbirsk.
(c) The Crimea.
(d) The Standart.

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

3. When do Tsars invoke the blessing of the icon the Vladimir Mother of God?
(a) During peace.
(b) When they are crowned.
(c) During war.
(d) Before they go to bed.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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