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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 is the Romanovs' approach to publicizing Alexis' Spala injury?
(a) They keep it a secret from the world.
(b) They use it as an opportunity to educate Russians about hemophilia.
(c) They only tell close friends and immediate family.
(d) They only tell the citizens of Spala and St. Petersburg and swear them to secrecy on pain of death.

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

3. How does Alexandra meet Rasputin?
(a) Through Nicholas.
(b) Through the Empress Marie, her mother-in-law.
(c) Through Alexis' bodyguards.
(d) Through her best friend, Anna Vyrubova.

4. What type of economy does Russia have in 1906, when Peter Stolypin becomes prime minister of Russia?
(a) Agricultural.
(b) Industrial.
(c) Seafaring.
(d) Service.

5. What happens to the monk Iliodor after his attempts to confront Rasputin about his immorality fail?
(a) He becomes Rasputin's disciple.
(b) He is thrown into prison.
(c) He commits suicide.
(d) He becomes a revolutionary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the first Romanov Tsar?

2. What does the Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna say about Nicholas and Alexandra?

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

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

5. Nicholas is especially weak in ___________ affairs.

(see the answer key)

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