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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Duma arrives for the tercentenary celebration and finds Rasputin sitting in one of their chairs, what does the president of the Duma do?
(a) He walks out of the celebration and refuses to participate.
(b) He physically attacks Rasputin and tries to kill him.
(c) He gives up his seat to Rasputin.
(d) He physically removes Rasputin.

2. By the summer of 1915, the Tsar is at the front, but is in actuality a figurehead. Who is actually in charge of the army?
(a) Michael Vasilevich Alexeiev.
(b) Prime Minister Stolypin.
(c) Grand Duke Nicholas.
(d) Empress Alexandra.

3. From where does Tsar Nicholas announce Germany's declaration of war on Russia to his subjects?
(a) Tsarskoe Selo.
(b) The Winter Palace.
(c) The Kremlin.
(d) The German embassy.

4. When Nicholas leaves Tsarskoe Selo, Alexandra takes on the ___________ functions of government in Petrograd.
(a) Judicial.
(b) Administrative.
(c) Legislative.
(d) Ceremonial.

5. When Alexandra calls Rasputin the night they all think Alexis dies, what does he say?
(a) Rasputin says that Alexis will not die and the bleeding stops the next day.
(b) Rasputin says Alexis will die, and he does.
(c) Rasputin says Alexis will not die, but he does anyway.
(d) Raputin says Alexis will die, but the bleeding stops the next day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rasputin do when Stolypin banishes him?

2. Alexis' illness _________ alter the household routine.

3. Rasputin's murderers are viewed as ___________ in Petrograd.

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

5. What is the name given to Lenin's group of revolutionaries?

(see the answer key)

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