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

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 physically attacks Rasputin and tries to kill him.
(b) He physically removes Rasputin.
(c) He gives up his seat to Rasputin.
(d) He walks out of the celebration and refuses to participate.

2. What is the name of the woman who NIcholas' parents want him to marry?
(a) Princess Ella of Hesse.
(b) Princess Victoria of England.
(c) Princess Helene of Paris.
(d) Princess Alix of Hesse.

3. Alexis' illness _________ alter the household routine.
(a) Will often.
(b) Does not.
(c) Does.
(d) Will occasionally.

4. In whose carriage does Nicholas' mother, Marie, ride during the coronation ceremony?
(a) Vlad the Impaler's.
(b) Nicholas's.
(c) Catherine the Great's.
(d) Alexandra's.

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

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

7. The Tsar is the ruler of which country?
(a) The Soviet Union.
(b) Siberia.
(c) Serbia.
(d) Russia.

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

9. What position in Russia's government does Plehve hold?
(a) Minister of Labor.
(b) Minister of the Interior.
(c) Prime Minister.
(d) Foreign Minister.

10. What are Alexandra's own, multiple, medical problems described as?
(a) Psychosomatic.
(b) Hereditary.
(c) Stress-induced.
(d) Allergy-related.

11. What Russian city is the hometown of Vladimir Lenin?
(a) Simbirsk.
(b) St. Petersburg.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Moscow.

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

13. Russia has to limit the amount of _____________ their soldiers use in one day because of shortages.
(a) Food.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Water.
(d) Ammunition.

14. What takes place in 1913 that, by July 1914, involves more than one and one half of Russia's citizens?
(a) A religious awakening.
(b) A political movement.
(c) A nationwide strike.
(d) A plague.

15. Why does Alexandra think that people hate Rasputin?
(a) Because he is accepted by the Romanovs.
(b) Because people don't understand him.
(c) Because he has luck with the women.
(d) Because he is more powerful than they were.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Rasputin's power over others characterized?

2. What does Rasputin believe about sin?

3. After an attempt by his organization to give a petition to the Tsar failed, what happens to Father Gapon?

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

5. When Austria presents an ultimatum to Serbia, what is Serbia's first reaction?

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