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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. In what month and year is Nicholas II crowned Tsar?
(a) May 1895.
(b) May 1896.
(c) January 1895.
(d) January 1896.

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

3. What takes place in 1913 that, by July 1914, involves more than one and one half of Russia's citizens?
(a) A nationwide strike.
(b) A political movement.
(c) A plague.
(d) A religious awakening.

4. How do Nicholas and Alexandra deal with Alexis' medical condition?
(a) They are very open and public about it.
(b) They don't know about it.
(c) They ignore it.
(d) They keep it a secret.

5. With whom do the girls go to St. Petersburg on Sundays?
(a) Their brother's bodyguards.
(b) Their own bodyguards.
(c) Their aunt.
(d) Their parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What beneficial effect does Alexandra believe Rasputin has on Alexis?

2. What church is the main Christian influence in Nicholas' country?

3. What happens to the Bishop of St. Petersburg when he tries to investigate Rasputin's immoral behavior?

4. Nicholas' father, Alexander III, dies at the family's palace at:

5. What Russian city is the hometown of Vladimir Lenin?

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