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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What Russian city is the hometown of Vladimir Lenin?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Kiev.
(c) Simbirsk.
(d) St. Petersburg.

4. Which Russian Prime Ministers does Alexandra send Rasputin to meet with?
(a) Goremykin and Stolypin.
(b) Goremykin and Kokovtsov.
(c) Goremykin and Witte.
(d) Stolypin and Kokovtsov.

5. How does Prime Minister Kokovtsov, who replaces Stolypin after his assassination, come to be replaced by Rasputin's ally, Goremykin?
(a) Kokovtsov dies in office of a massive heart attack.
(b) Kokovtsov steps down voluntarily.
(c) Rasputin pressures Nicholas to remove Kokovtsov.
(d) A revolutionary assassinates Kokovtsov.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Alexandra meet Rasputin?

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

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

4. Why do the older two daughters not make their public debut in 1914?

5. In 1913, Russia celebrates its tercentenary. How many years is a tercentenary?

(see the answer key)

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