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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nicholas presents his fiancee with jewels designed by:
(a) Faberge.
(b) Tiffany.
(c) Cartier.
(d) Rolex.

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

3. When do Tsars invoke the blessing of the icon the Vladimir Mother of God?
(a) When they are crowned.
(b) During peace.
(c) Before they go to bed.
(d) During war.

4. What are Alexandra's own, multiple, medical problems described as?
(a) Psychosomatic.
(b) Allergy-related.
(c) Stress-induced.
(d) Hereditary.

5. How much does the Imperial Crown of Russia weigh?
(a) Nine grams.
(b) Nine ounces.
(c) Nine pounds.
(d) Nine kilograms.

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

7. Why does Alexandra rarely leave the yacht?
(a) She can't speak Russian.
(b) She has agoraphobia.
(c) She has sciatica.
(d) She is always seasick.

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

9. Which Russian Prime Ministers does Alexandra send Rasputin to meet with?
(a) Goremykin and Stolypin.
(b) Goremykin and Witte.
(c) Goremykin and Kokovtsov.
(d) Stolypin and Kokovtsov.

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

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

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

13. 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 week.
(c) One year.
(d) One month.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the two older girls instead of their debut?

2. What happens to Alexandra as a result of the stress she experiences while caring for Alexis during the first eleven days of his injury?

3. On what date is Alexis, the male heir to the throne of Russia, born?

4. In which member of the European royal family does the hemophilia gene first appear as a spontaneous mutation?

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

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