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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Stavka, the field headquarters, located?
(a) On the German border.
(b) In Ekaterinburg.
(c) Twenty miles from Petrograd.
(d) Along the Polish railway.

2. Which member of the royal family becomes a certified war nurse?
(a) Tatiana.
(b) Alexandra.
(c) Anna Vyrubova.
(d) Olga.

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

4. What is the name of the mine to which the bodies of the Romanovs are taken?
(a) The Four Bears.
(b) The Four Brothers.
(c) The Four Uncles.
(d) The Four Comrades.

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

6. Who works out a truce to keep the Alexander Palace from being attacked by the revolutionaries?
(a) The Duma.
(b) The Tsar.
(c) The military.
(d) The Church.

7. The Provisional Government sends a request to England for _____________ for Nicholas and his family.
(a) Food and clothing.
(b) Medical treatment.
(c) Asylum.
(d) Psychiatric help.

8. On the day they are murdered, what is the reason the Romanovs are given for having to leave?
(a) The Revolutionaries are approaching Ekaterinburg.
(b) The Red Russians are approaching Ekaterinburg.
(c) The White Russians are approaching Ekaterinburg.
(d) The Monarchists are approaching Ekaterinburg.

9. Who arrests Alexandra on March 21, 1917?
(a) General Kornilov.
(b) General Kotzebue.
(c) Captain Kornilov.
(d) Captain Kotzebue.

10. By the summer of 1915, the Tsar is at the front, but is in actuality a figurehead. Who is actually in charge of the army?
(a) Empress Alexandra.
(b) Grand Duke Nicholas.
(c) Prime Minister Stolypin.
(d) Michael Vasilevich Alexeiev.

11. In November, after the Bolsheviks take key positions in Petrograd and Kerensky goes into hiding, with him go the dream of a _________ Russia.
(a) Monarchist.
(b) Democratic.
(c) Republican.
(d) Parliamentarian.

12. While Alexis is traveling during the fall of 1915, he suffers a nosebleed. His mother credits Rasputin with stopping the bleeding; however, what is the most likely reason the hemorrhage stops?
(a) Rasputin miraculously heals Alexis.
(b) Alexis bleeds to death.
(c) The bleeding stops naturally on its own.
(d) Doctors cauterize the broken vessel.

13. On March 12, 1917, whom does Alexandra ask to come to her?
(a) Her friend, Lili Dehn.
(b) Nicholas' mother, Marie.
(c) Her sister, Ella.
(d) Nicholas' brother, Michael.

14. What does Rasputin want?
(a) To marry Alexandra.
(b) To be popular.
(c) To be left alone.
(d) To rule Russia.

15. At the end of June, why does the Romanov family stay up all night, fully dressed?
(a) They expect to be rescued.
(b) They expect to be deported.
(c) They expect to be relocated.
(d) They expect to be freed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rasputin's murderers are trying to ________ the monarchy.

2. As Nicholas returns to Petrograd, why is the train detoured to Pskov?

3. How long does it take Yurovsky's group to destroy the bodies?

4. The Grand Duke Michael, Nicholas's brother, tries to bring the royal family to Moscow for what reason?

5. No one can ever convince Alexandra that Rasputin is:

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