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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the treaty that brings peace between Russia and Germany in the spring of 1918?
(a) Litovsk-Breast.
(b) Brest-Litovsk.
(c) Versailles.
(d) Breast-Litovsk.

2. The Catherine Palace is being used as a _____________.
(a) Prison.
(b) Palace.
(c) School.
(d) Hospital.

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

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.
(a) Son-in-law.
(b) Son.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Nephew.

5. When Lenin returns to Petrograd in April 1917, he calls for the ___________ of the Provisional Government.
(a) Strengthening.
(b) Support.
(c) Overthrow.
(d) Modification.

6. The official announcement is, initially, that the Tsar is executed and the rest of the family is ___________ in the evacuation of Ekaterinburg.
(a) Granted asylum.
(b) Exiled.
(c) Lost.
(d) Re-educated.

7. Who is the head of the Russian supreme command?
(a) Rasputin.
(b) Tsar Nicholas.
(c) Grand Duke Nicholas.
(d) Alexis.

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

9. What is the house in Ekaterinburg where the Romanovs live called?
(a) The House of Romanov.
(b) The House of Nicholas.
(c) The House of Special Purposes.
(d) The House of Special Dispensation.

10. By sunset on March 12, 1917, the day the first Russian revolution begins, more than _____________ Russian soldiers mutiny and joined the revolution.
(a) 66,000.
(b) 666,000.
(c) 660.
(d) 6,000.

11. To the peasants in the countryside, the death of the peasant Rasputin makes him a _____________.
(a) Martyr.
(b) Peasant.
(c) Fool.
(d) Saint.

12. How many wartime letters from Alexandra to Nicholas are found in Ekaterinburg after the revolution?
(a) 630.
(b) Over 600.
(c) 360.
(d) 1.

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

14. Rasputin always tells Alexandra that Alexis loses the crown and Alexandra dies if ______________ dies.
(a) Nicholas.
(b) Alexis.
(c) Queen Victoria.
(d) Rasputin.

15. What kind of information does Alexandra give to Rasputin, despite Nicholas' requests to her not to?
(a) Alexis' health records.
(b) Personal correspondence between herself and Nicholas.
(c) Military information.
(d) Political information.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who works out a truce to keep the Alexander Palace from being attacked by the revolutionaries?

3. What is the date by which Rasputin, writing before his death, predicts he will be dead and which, indeed, turns out to be the day his body is found?

4. On what date does the provisional government receive official recognition from the United States?

5. Where do the Romanovs live in Tobolsk?

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