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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. In what month and year is Nicholas II crowned Tsar?
(a) January 1896.
(b) January 1895.
(c) May 1896.
(d) May 1895.

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

5. In addition to all the official ceremonies, what else do the Romanovs do to celebrate Russia's tercentenary?
(a) They make a pilgrimage to Constantinople, the seat of Orthodoxy.
(b) They make a pilgrimage to trace the route of the first Tsar.
(c) They make a public relations trip through every country in Europe.
(d) They make a cross-country public relations trip.

6. What does Stolypin do away with?
(a) The monarchy.
(b) The peasantry.
(c) Private property.
(d) Communal farming.

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

8. What does the Tsar change the name of St. Petersburg to on August 31, 1914?
(a) Leningrad.
(b) Tsaringrad.
(c) Nicholasburg.
(d) Petrograd.

9. In one word, how is Rasputin's appearance described?
(a) Dapper.
(b) Outdoorsy.
(c) Unkept.
(d) Metrosexual.

10. The Queen is known to carry the gene for hemophilia. How many of her daughters also carry the gene?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

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

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

13. Taxes on the sale of vodka contribute to the government _______________.
(a) Deficit.
(b) Revenues.
(c) Profits.
(d) Corruption.

14. Russia's 1905 defeat in the Straits of Tsushima shapes its naval strategy for which future war?
(a) The Cold War.
(b) World War I.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Gulf War.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. What is the purpose of the Assembly of Russian Workingmen, found by Plehve and Father George Gapon?

3. What is the Imperial Duma, which is first established in May 1906?

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

5. Nicholas is especially weak in ___________ affairs.

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