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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the royal trains stop wherever there is a cool spot or water available?
(a) Because travel is hot and stuffy.
(b) Because the trains overheat often.
(c) Because there is no water on the trains.
(d) Because travel is cold and damp.

2. Which Rasputin ally is appointed as Vice-President of the Duma in October 1916?
(a) Alexander Protopopov.
(b) Alexander Trepov.
(c) Ivan Goremykin.
(d) Boris Sturmer.

3. The Queen is known to carry the gene for hemophilia. How many of her daughters also carry the gene?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

4. What is the purpose of the Assembly of Russian Workingmen, found by Plehve and Father George Gapon?
(a) To steer workers toward revolutionary ideas.
(b) To fight for workers' rights.
(c) To overthrow the Tsar.
(d) To steer workers away from revolutionary ideas.

5. What is the response of Kaiser William, the ruler of Germany and Tsar Nicholas' cousin, to the Austrian shelling of Serbia?
(a) He allies Germany with Austria and, therefore, against Russia and Serbia.
(b) He invades Serbia.
(c) He invades Austria.
(d) He allies Germany with Serbia and, therefore, with Russia as well.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom do the girls go to St. Petersburg on Sundays?

2. No one can ever convince Alexandra that Rasputin is:

3. What does Rasputin want?

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

5. Russia's 1905 defeat in the Straits of Tsushima shapes its naval strategy for which future war?

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