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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. 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, 1916.
(b) January 1, 1917.
(c) January 11, 1917.
(d) January 1, 1916.

2. When Guchkov and Shulgan arrive to confer with Nicholas, to whom does he abdicate his throne in favor of?
(a) His wife Alexandra.
(b) His brother Michael.
(c) His son Alexis.
(d) The revolutionaries.

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

4. Who is the head of the Russian supreme command?
(a) Tsar Nicholas.
(b) Alexis.
(c) Rasputin.
(d) Grand Duke Nicholas.

5. What does Rasputin do when Stolypin banishes him?
(a) He goes on a trip to Japan.
(b) He goes on a trip to the United States.
(c) He goes on a trip to Jerusalem.
(d) He goes on a trip to Palestine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the rest of Petrograd believe about Rasputin's motives for his continued involvement with the Romanovs?

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

3. From where does Tsar Nicholas announce Germany's declaration of war on Russia to his subjects?

4. When Rasputin visits the Alexander Palace, where does he stay?

5. In 1913, Russia celebrates its tercentenary. How many years is a tercentenary?

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