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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Prime Minister Kokovtsov, who replaces Stolypin after his assassination, come to be replaced by Rasputin's ally, Goremykin?
(a) Kokovtsov dies in office of a massive heart attack.
(b) A revolutionary assassinates Kokovtsov.
(c) Rasputin pressures Nicholas to remove Kokovtsov.
(d) Kokovtsov steps down voluntarily.

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

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

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

7. What does Rasputin do as a child that earns him a reputation as a seer?
(a) He identifies a bank robber.
(b) He identifies a horse thief.
(c) He identifies a rapist.
(d) He identifies a murderer.

8. From where does Tsar Nicholas announce Germany's declaration of war on Russia to his subjects?
(a) Tsarskoe Selo.
(b) The Kremlin.
(c) The Winter Palace.
(d) The German embassy.

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

10. What are the names of Alexis' bodyguards?
(a) Derevenko and Nagorny.
(b) Anatevka and Datsyuk.
(c) Lenin and Trotsky.
(d) Nureyev and Nijinsky.

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

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

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

14. Where are the Romanovs when Austria's Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914?
(a) Vacationing at Livadia.
(b) Hunting in Spala.
(c) Vacationing in the Crimean mountains.
(d) Sailing on the Standart.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What takes place in 1913 that, by July 1914, involves more than one and one half of Russia's citizens?

3. Nicholas' wedding takes place:

4. What is the name of the woman who NIcholas' parents want him to marry?

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

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