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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) Livadia.
(b) Anitchkov.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Crimea.

2. What is the Imperial Duma, which is first established in May 1906?
(a) Russia's Parliament.
(b) Russia's Senate.
(c) Russia's House of Representatives.
(d) Russia's national soccer team.

3. Nicholas and Alexandra's first home is at the palace in:
(a) Anitchkov.
(b) St. Petersburg.
(c) Livadia.
(d) Tsarskoe Selo.

4. When Alexandra calls Rasputin the night they all think Alexis dies, what does he say?
(a) Raputin says Alexis will die, but the bleeding stops the next day.
(b) Rasputin says Alexis will die, and he does.
(c) Rasputin says Alexis will not die, but he does anyway.
(d) Rasputin says that Alexis will not die and the bleeding stops the next day.

5. "Tsar" is another word for:
(a) Dictator.
(b) Prime Minister.
(c) Emperor.
(d) President.

6. What does the Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna say about Nicholas and Alexandra?
(a) She says their son, Alexis, becomes the greatest Romanov ruler.
(b) She says they are known as the greatest Romanov rulers in history.
(c) She says they are the last generation of Romanov rulers.
(d) She says that Nicholas ought to award the throne to his brother Michael in light of Alexis' illness.

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

8. What beneficial effect does Alexandra believe Rasputin has on Alexis?
(a) She believes Rasputin heals him.
(b) She believes Rasputin protects him from injury.
(c) She believes Rasputin keeps him calm.
(d) She believes Rasputin makes him holy.

9. Who is Nicholas' most important tutor?
(a) Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.
(b) Gregory Rasputin.
(c) Constantine Petrovich Pobedonostsev.
(d) Petrovich Constantine Pobedonostsev.

10. 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 invades Serbia.
(c) He allies Germany with Austria and, therefore, against Russia and Serbia.
(d) He allies Germany with Serbia and, therefore, with Russia as well.

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

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

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

14. What is the name given to Lenin's group of revolutionaries?
(a) Communists.
(b) Marxists.
(c) Mensheviks.
(d) Bolsheviks.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much does the Imperial Crown of Russia weigh?

3. Which option lists the names of Nicholas and Alexandra's daughters in order of their birth?

4. In whose carriage does Nicholas' mother, Marie, ride during the coronation ceremony?

5. This Russian wins the Nobel Prize in 1904:

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