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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nicholas presents his fiancee with jewels designed by:
(a) Faberge.
(b) Rolex.
(c) Tiffany.
(d) Cartier.

2. Where do the girls live?
(a) Above their mother's bedroom at Livadia.
(b) Above their father's bedroom at Tsarskoe Selo.
(c) Above their father's bedroom at Livadia.
(d) Above their mother's bedroom at Tsarskoe Selo.

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

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

5. Why does Russia negotiate a ninety-nine-year lease with China on Port Arthur?
(a) It gives Russia an eastern port.
(b) It gives Russia a way to get supplies to Siberia by sea.
(c) It gives Russia an ice-free port.
(d) It gives Russia a foot in the door with the Chinese.

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

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

8. What happens to Alexis while the family is vacationing at Spala?
(a) He has a hemorrhage in his knee and calf.
(b) He has a hemorrhage in his thigh and knee.
(c) He has a hemorrhage in his groin and abdomen.
(d) He has a hemorrhage in his groin and thigh.

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

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

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

12. Why do the older two daughters not make their public debut in 1914?
(a) Queen Victoria's death.
(b) Alexis' hemophilia.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Bolshevik Revolution.

13. In 1913, Russia celebrates its tercentenary. How many years is a tercentenary?
(a) 300.
(b) 200.
(c) 400.
(d) 150.

14. When Serbia replies to Austria's ultimatum, what happens?
(a) Austria accepts Serbia's reply but begins shelling Serbia anyway.
(b) Austria rejects Serbia's reply and begins shelling Serbia.
(c) Austria sends a counter-offer to Serbia and begins shelling Serbia.
(d) Austria begins shelling Serbia.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where are the Romanovs when Austria's Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914?

4. What does the jeweler Faberge make every Easter for Nicholas' wife and mother?

5. This Russian wins the Nobel Prize in 1904:

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