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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Chapter 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With the Tsar at the front, a substitute autocrat is to be found. Who fills this role?
(a) Rasputin.
(b) Rasputin, accompanied by the Empress Alexandra.
(c) The Empress Alexandra, accompanied by Rasputin.
(d) The Empress Alexandra.

2. 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 11, 1917.
(c) January 1, 1917.
(d) January 1, 1916.

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

4. As the revolution begins, what is Nicholas writing to Alexandra about?
(a) Preparing to flee with her family to safety.
(b) His plans to save the monarchy.
(c) Playing dominoes.
(d) Trout fishing.

5. What does Russia's government receive on October 30, 1905?
(a) Its first constitution and president.
(b) Its first constitution and parliament.
(c) A male heir.
(d) Its first real challenge from the Bolsheviks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What takes place in 1913 that, by July 1914, involves more than one and one half of Russia's citizens?

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

3. What are Alexandra's own, multiple, medical problems described as?

4. How does Alexandra meet Rasputin?

5. Why do the Romanovs have two identical royal trains that travel a few miles apart?

(see the answer key)

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