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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. On what date are the Romanovs murdered?
(a) July 16, 1917.
(b) July 16, 1918.
(c) June 16, 1918.
(d) June 16, 1917.

4. Why are the Romanovs not willing to escape, even though monarchist organizations triesd to help them?
(a) Nicholas doesn't want to leave Russia.
(b) Nicholas refuses to believe he has lost his throne.
(c) Nicholas thinks his abdication is only temporary.
(d) Nicholas doesn't want the family separated.

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

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

7. 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) Michael Vasilevich Alexeiev.
(d) Prime Minister Stolypin.

8. When the provisional government is established after the fall of the monarchy, who is elected Vice-Chairman of the Soviet and Minister of Justice?
(a) Protopopov.
(b) Rodzianko.
(c) Kerensky.
(d) Yussupov.

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

10. After being warned that revolution is imminent, to whom does Tsar Nicholas give control?
(a) Alexis, with a regent.
(b) Alexis.
(c) A regent.
(d) Alexandra.

11. What does Nicholas need in order to go outside of the palace after he and Alexandra are arrested?
(a) Keys.
(b) A military escort.
(c) A police escort.
(d) Advance permission.

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

13. After the revolution, what are Nicholas and Alexandra known as, respectively, among the Petrograd population?
(a) Tsar Nicholas and Empress Alexandra.
(b) Citizen Romanov and Citizen Romanova.
(c) Citizen Romanov and Alexandra the German.
(d) Nicholas and Alexandra.

14. What year do the Germans target as the year to force the Russians out of the war?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1915.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lenin is living in _____________ when the revolution occurs in Petrograd.

2. What is the name of the royal family member who leads the 1916/17 plot to assassinate Rasputin?

3. The plan is for Nicholas and Alexandra to travel to _____________ and then to ____________ once the children are well.

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

5. Who asks Moscow for permission to transfer the Romanovs to Ekaterinburg?

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