Nicholas and Alexandra Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Robert K. Massie
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Nicholas and Alexandra Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nicholas' father, Alexander III, dies at the family's palace at:
(a) Anitchkov.
(b) Crimea.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Livadia.

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

3. 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 nervous breakdown.
(b) Her hair begns to turn gray.
(c) She has a stroke.
(d) Her hair falls out.

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

5. How much longer does the family stay at Spala, before returning to Tsarskoe Selo, after Alexandra's conversation with Rasputin?
(a) One day.
(b) One month.
(c) One year.
(d) One week.

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

7. What is the response of Kaiser William, the ruler of Germany and Tsar Nicholas' cousin, to the Austrian shelling of Serbia?
(a) He invades Austria.
(b) He allies Germany with Serbia and, therefore, with Russia as well.
(c) He allies Germany with Austria and, therefore, against Russia and Serbia.
(d) He invades Serbia.

8. What is the name of the first Romanov Tsar?
(a) Ivan.
(b) Michael.
(c) Nicholas.
(d) Peter.

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

10. 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.

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

12. Nicholas is especially weak in ___________ affairs.
(a) Financial.
(b) Military.
(c) International.
(d) Domestic.

13. 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 leads to holiness.
(d) He believes that sin doesn't exist.

14. This Russian wins the Nobel Prize in 1904:
(a) Ivan Pavlov.
(b) Mikhail Gorbachev.
(c) Leo Tolstoy.
(d) Leon Trotsky.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name given to Lenin's group of revolutionaries?

2. Why does Alexandra rarely leave the yacht?

3. What does Stolypin do away with?

4. From where does Tsar Nicholas announce Germany's declaration of war on Russia to his subjects?

5. What type of economy does Russia have in 1906, when Peter Stolypin becomes prime minister of Russia?

(see the answer keys)

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