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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of life do the Tsar's children lead?
(a) Poverty-stricken.
(b) Luxurious.
(c) Average.
(d) Spartan.

2. What is Russia's response to the Austrian shelling of Serbia?
(a) The Tsar mobilizes Russian troops along the Serbian border.
(b) The Tsar mobilizes Russian troops along the Austrian border.
(c) The Tsar invades Austria.
(d) The Tsar invades Serbia.

3. What concept does Stolypin introduce to Russian society?
(a) Indoor plumbing.
(b) Labor unions.
(c) Representative democracy.
(d) Private property.

4. When do Tsars invoke the blessing of the icon the Vladimir Mother of God?
(a) Before they go to bed.
(b) When they are crowned.
(c) During peace.
(d) During war.

5. What is the Romanovs' approach to publicizing Alexis' Spala injury?
(a) They only tell close friends and immediate family.
(b) They use it as an opportunity to educate Russians about hemophilia.
(c) They keep it a secret from the world.
(d) They only tell the citizens of Spala and St. Petersburg and swear them to secrecy on pain of death.

6. Nicholas' wedding takes place:
(a) In Moscow, after Alexander's funeral.
(b) In St. Petersburg, before Alexander's funeral.
(c) In Moscow, during Alexander's funeral.
(d) In St. Petersburg, after Alexander's funeral.

7. Why do the Romanovs have two identical royal trains that travel a few miles apart?
(a) In case one train breaks down.
(b) Because the family and their attendants are so large.
(c) Because of the danger of foreign invaders.
(d) Because of the danger of revolutionaries.

8. How is Rasputin's power over others characterized?
(a) Charismatic.
(b) Persuasive.
(c) Hypnotic.
(d) Bullying.

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

10. A crowd storms the German __________ and vandalizes its furnishings and artwork.
(a) Passport office.
(b) Consulate.
(c) Border.
(d) Embassy.

11. What church is the main Christian influence in Nicholas' country?
(a) The Russian Orthodox Church.
(b) The Lutheran Church.
(c) The Anglican Church.
(d) The Roman Catholic Church.

12. What region of Russia, where the Romanovs go every spring and celebrate Easter, is the family's favorite?
(a) The Ukraine.
(b) The Crimea.
(c) The Urals.
(d) Siberia.

13. How does Alexandra meet Rasputin?
(a) Through the Empress Marie, her mother-in-law.
(b) Through her best friend, Anna Vyrubova.
(c) Through Alexis' bodyguards.
(d) Through Nicholas.

14. With whom do the girls go to St. Petersburg on Sundays?
(a) Their own bodyguards.
(b) Their brother's bodyguards.
(c) Their aunt.
(d) Their parents.

15. When Austria presents an ultimatum to Serbia, what is Serbia's first reaction?
(a) They appeal to their protector, Germany, for help.
(b) They start shelling Austria.
(c) They reject it outright.
(d) They appeal to their protector, Russia, for help.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Alexandra calls Rasputin the night they all think Alexis dies, what does he say?

2. In one word, how is Rasputin's appearance described?

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

4. As a "starets" or man of God, what is Rasputin specifically considered to be?

5. "Tsar" is another word for:

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