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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. What is the date by which Rasputin, writing before his death, predicts he will be dead and which, indeed, turns out to be the day his body is found?
(a) January 11, 1917.
(b) January 1, 1917.
(c) January 11, 1916.
(d) January 1, 1916.

2. After an attempt by his organization to give a petition to the Tsar failed, what happens to Father Gapon?
(a) He becomes a revolutionary.
(b) He is arrested.
(c) He is assassinated.
(d) He leaves the priesthood.

3. What does Stolypin do away with?
(a) Private property.
(b) The monarchy.
(c) Communal farming.
(d) The peasantry.

4. What does the jeweler Faberge make every Easter for Nicholas' wife and mother?
(a) Jeweled eggs.
(b) Jewel-encrusted crowns.
(c) Jeweled crosses.
(d) Jeweled rabbits.

5. Why does Alexandra rarely leave the yacht?
(a) She has sciatica.
(b) She is always seasick.
(c) She can't speak Russian.
(d) She has agoraphobia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Stavka, the field headquarters, located?

2. What faith does Nicholas' fiancee have to convert to in order to marry him?

3. Taxes on the sale of vodka contribute to the government _______________.

4. Why do the older two daughters not make their public debut in 1914?

5. Who is the head of the Russian supreme command?

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