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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Does Queen Victoria have a child with hemophilia? If so, what is the child's name?
(a) No.
(b) Yes. Louise.
(c) Yes. Leopold.
(d) Yes. Albert.

3. How does Alexandra meet Rasputin?
(a) Through her best friend, Anna Vyrubova.
(b) Through Nicholas.
(c) Through the Empress Marie, her mother-in-law.
(d) Through Alexis' bodyguards.

4. A crowd storms the German __________ and vandalizes its furnishings and artwork.
(a) Embassy.
(b) Consulate.
(c) Passport office.
(d) Border.

5. 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.

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

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

8. In what language does Nicholas want all business conducted?
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) Russian.
(d) German.

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

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

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

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

13. What German author's writings influence Lenin?
(a) Adolf Hitler.
(b) Heinrich Heine.
(c) Friederich Nietzsche.
(d) Karl Marx.

14. What is the purpose of the Assembly of Russian Workingmen, found by Plehve and Father George Gapon?
(a) To fight for workers' rights.
(b) To overthrow the Tsar.
(c) To steer workers toward revolutionary ideas.
(d) To steer workers away from revolutionary ideas.

15. With what medical condition is Alexis diagnosed at six weeks of age?
(a) Polio.
(b) Hemophilia.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Cleft palate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nicholas and Alexandra's first home is at the palace in:

2. What concept does Stolypin introduce to Russian society?

3. Rasputin's influence over the Romanovs causes a rift between __________ and __________.

4. What is Russia's response to the Austrian shelling of Serbia?

5. In 1913, Russia celebrates its tercentenary. How many years is a tercentenary?

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