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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people live together in the five-room upper level given to the Romanovs?
(a) Nine.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Ten.
(d) Seven.

2. With the Tsar at the front, a substitute autocrat is to be found. Who fills this role?
(a) The Empress Alexandra.
(b) The Empress Alexandra, accompanied by Rasputin.
(c) Rasputin, accompanied by the Empress Alexandra.
(d) Rasputin.

3. Where is the Stavka relocated to?
(a) St. Petersburg.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Mogilev.

4. How do Nicholas and the others keep up on world events after their arrest?
(a) Visitors.
(b) Spies.
(c) Papers and magazines.
(d) Television and radio.

5. On what date does the provisional government receive official recognition from the United States?
(a) March 21, 1917.
(b) March 15, 1917.
(c) March 22, 1917.
(d) March 31, 1917.

6. What does the rest of Petrograd believe about Rasputin's motives for his continued involvement with the Romanovs?
(a) They assume he is a paid German spy.
(b) They assume he is an undercover revolutionary.
(c) They assume he is a paid Austrian spy.
(d) They assume he is a paid Serbian spy.

7. The Grand Duke Michael, Nicholas's brother, tries to bring the royal family to Moscow for what reason?
(a) To keep the treaty with Germany from being signed.
(b) To smuggle them out of Russia.
(c) To stop Lenin.
(d) To stop Trotsky.

8. By what criteria does Rasputin judge people?
(a) By their view of him and his life style.
(b) By his view of them and their life style.
(c) By their committment to the Orthodox Church.
(d) By their morals and character qualities.

9. In March 1917, what illness do three of the Romanov children, plus Anna Vyrubova, have?
(a) Measles.
(b) Strep throat.
(c) Mumps.
(d) Chicken pox.

10. After Lenin and Trotsky return to Russia, where does Kerensky decide to relocate the Romanovs to?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Ekaterinburg.
(c) The Crimea.
(d) Tobolsk, in western Siberia.

11. Rasputin's murderers are trying to ________ the monarchy.
(a) Revolutionize.
(b) Save.
(c) Change.
(d) Overthrow.

12. As Nicholas returns to Petrograd, why is the train detoured to Pskov?
(a) A fallen tree is ahead on the tracks.
(b) Another train is derailed ahead on the tracks.
(c) Revolutionary troops are ahead on the tracks.
(d) A rock slide is ahead on the tracks.

13. Vasily Pankratov and Alexander Nikolsky take charge of the Romanovs from Kobylinsky in what month in 1917?
(a) October.
(b) September.
(c) July.
(d) August.

14. Under Russian law, what is Kerensky's call for removal of the Tsar?
(a) Sedition.
(b) Treason.
(c) Slander of a public official.
(d) Inciting a riot.

15. What is Colonel Eugene Kobylinsky's political affiliation?
(a) Revolutionary.
(b) Marxist.
(c) Monarchist.
(d) Bolshevik.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rodzianko finally convinces Nicholas, who is still at Stavka, that the violence and strike in Petrograd are serious, what does he NOT do?

2. When Lenin returns to Petrograd in April 1917, he calls for the ___________ of the Provisional Government.

3. In January 1919, a special investigator finds the mine with its evidence of the ___________ of the Romanovs.

4. Boris Soloviev, the ___________ of Rasputin, moves to Tyumen to try to help the Romanovs escape and, indeed, becomes famous as the man who tries to rescue them.

5. At one point, a drunken Rasputin is arrested for:

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