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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Alexandra as a result of the stress she experiences while caring for Alexis during the first eleven days of his injury?
(a) She has a stroke.
(b) Her hair begns to turn gray.
(c) Her hair falls out.
(d) She has a nervous breakdown.

2. Where are the Romanovs when Austria's Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914?
(a) Sailing on the Standart.
(b) Vacationing in the Crimean mountains.
(c) Hunting in Spala.
(d) Vacationing at Livadia.

3. What happens to the monk Iliodor after his attempts to confront Rasputin about his immorality fail?
(a) He becomes a revolutionary.
(b) He commits suicide.
(c) He is thrown into prison.
(d) He becomes Rasputin's disciple.

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

5. What is the name of the royal yacht?
(a) The Crimea.
(b) The Standart.
(c) The Queen Mary.
(d) The Simbirsk.

6. When Rasputin visits the Alexander Palace, where does he stay?
(a) In Nicholas' quarters.
(b) In Alexis' quarters.
(c) Above the Princesses' bedrooms.
(d) At Anna Vyrubova's house.

7. Rasputin's influence over the Romanovs causes a rift between __________ and __________.
(a) Alexandra and Queen Victoria.
(b) Alexis and Olga.
(c) Nicholas and Kaiser William.
(d) Ella and Alexandra.

8. On what date is Alexis, the male heir to the throne of Russia, born?
(a) October 30, 1905.
(b) April 7,1902 (Easter day).
(c) July 28, 1904.
(d) August 12, 1904.

9. What happens to the two older girls instead of their debut?
(a) They are sent to England.
(b) They are sent to St. Petersburg.
(c) They stay with the family at Tsarskoe Selo.
(d) They are sent to their Aunt Ella's convent.

10. What happens to the Bishop of St. Petersburg when he tries to investigate Rasputin's immoral behavior?
(a) He is defrocked and excommunicated.
(b) He is assassinated.
(c) He finds himself the new Bishop of Crimea.
(d) He finds himself the new Bishop of Siberia.

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

12. How do Nicholas and Alexandra deal with Alexis' medical condition?
(a) They are very open and public about it.
(b) They don't know about it.
(c) They ignore it.
(d) They keep it a secret.

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

14. What does Rasputin believe about sin?
(a) He believes that sin leads to holiness.
(b) He believes that sin leads to depravity.
(c) He believes that sin doesn't exist.
(d) He believes that sin leads to punishment.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Tsar is the ruler of which country?

2. What is Russia's response to the Austrian shelling of Serbia?

3. What position in Russia's government does Plehve hold?

4. What concept does Stolypin introduce to Russian society?

5. Nicholas' father, Alexander III, dies at the family's palace at:

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