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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. What German author's writings influence Lenin?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Friederich Nietzsche.
(c) Adolf Hitler.
(d) Heinrich Heine.

2. Who is Nicholas' most important tutor?
(a) Constantine Petrovich Pobedonostsev.
(b) Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.
(c) Gregory Rasputin.
(d) Petrovich Constantine Pobedonostsev.

3. This Russian wins the Nobel Prize in 1904:
(a) Ivan Pavlov.
(b) Leo Tolstoy.
(c) Leon Trotsky.
(d) Mikhail Gorbachev.

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

5. What position in Russia's government does Plehve hold?
(a) Minister of the Interior.
(b) Foreign Minister.
(c) Prime Minister.
(d) Minister of Labor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Russian Prime Ministers does Alexandra send Rasputin to meet with?

2. In what month and year is Nicholas II crowned Tsar?

3. Nicholas presents his fiancee with jewels designed by:

4. What does Rasputin do as a child that earns him a reputation as a seer?

5. Why does Alexandra rarely leave the yacht?

(see the answer key)

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