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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Chapter 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Rasputin's power over others characterized?
(a) Charismatic.
(b) Bullying.
(c) Hypnotic.
(d) Persuasive.

2. What faith does Nicholas' fiancee have to convert to in order to marry him?
(a) Russian Orthodox.
(b) Islam.
(c) Roman Catholicism.
(d) Judaism.

3. When Alexandra calls Rasputin the night they all think Alexis dies, what does he say?
(a) Rasputin says Alexis will not die, but he does anyway.
(b) Rasputin says that Alexis will not die and the bleeding stops the next day.
(c) Raputin says Alexis will die, but the bleeding stops the next day.
(d) Rasputin says Alexis will die, and he does.

4. On what date is Alexis, the male heir to the throne of Russia, born?
(a) October 30, 1905.
(b) August 12, 1904.
(c) April 7,1902 (Easter day).
(d) July 28, 1904.

5. What is the Imperial Duma, which is first established in May 1906?
(a) Russia's House of Representatives.
(b) Russia's Parliament.
(c) Russia's national soccer team.
(d) Russia's Senate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rasputin do when Stolypin banishes him?

2. With the Tsar at the front, a substitute autocrat is to be found. Who fills this role?

3. Who is responsible for the Romanovs' safety when they are first arrested in March 1917?

4. When Rodzianko finally convinces Nicholas, who is still at Stavka, that the violence and strike in Petrograd are serious, what does he NOT do?

5. How do Nicholas and Alexandra deal with Alexis' medical condition?

(see the answer key)

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