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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. Why does Russia negotiate a ninety-nine-year lease with China on Port Arthur?
(a) It gives Russia a way to get supplies to Siberia by sea.
(b) It gives Russia an ice-free port.
(c) It gives Russia an eastern port.
(d) It gives Russia a foot in the door with the Chinese.

2. In addition to all the official ceremonies, what else do the Romanovs do to celebrate Russia's tercentenary?
(a) They make a pilgrimage to trace the route of the first Tsar.
(b) They make a cross-country public relations trip.
(c) They make a pilgrimage to Constantinople, the seat of Orthodoxy.
(d) They make a public relations trip through every country in Europe.

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

4. 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 steps down voluntarily.
(c) A revolutionary assassinates Kokovtsov.
(d) Kokovtsov dies in office of a massive heart attack.

5. What kind of life do the Tsar's children lead?
(a) Poverty-stricken.
(b) Average.
(c) Spartan.
(d) Luxurious.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rasputin's influence over the Romanovs causes a rift between __________ and __________.

2. Which option lists the names of Nicholas and Alexandra's daughters in order of their birth?

3. How much does the Imperial Crown of Russia weigh?

4. Which European ruler is the blood cousin of Tsar Nicholas II?

5. What happens to Alexis while the family is vacationing at Spala?

(see the answer key)

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