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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) Versailles.
(c) Breast-Litovsk.
(d) Brest-Litovsk.

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

3. The Provisional Government is trying to get the Romanov family __________.
(a) Tried for war crimes.
(b) To a place of safety.
(c) Into a witness protection program.
(d) Executed.

4. As the revolution begins, what is Nicholas writing to Alexandra about?
(a) His plans to save the monarchy.
(b) Preparing to flee with her family to safety.
(c) Trout fishing.
(d) Playing dominoes.

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

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

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

8. 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) 6,000.
(c) 666,000.
(d) 66,000.

9. Why do the Russians turn away from Vienna and Budapest just as they are about to take them over?
(a) To assist the French against the Germans.
(b) They run out of food.
(c) To fight against the revolutionaries in their own country.
(d) They run out of ammunition.

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

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

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

13. In what month does Alexis go to the front with the Tsar?
(a) December.
(b) October.
(c) November.
(d) September.

14. Who advises the Tsar that revolution is imminent unless he keeps Alexandra from further interference in official matters?
(a) Anna Vyrubova.
(b) Yussupov.
(c) Protopopov.
(d) Rodzianko.

15. When Guchkov and Shulgan arrive to confer with Nicholas, to whom does he abdicate his throne in favor of?
(a) The revolutionaries.
(b) His wife Alexandra.
(c) His brother Michael.
(d) His son Alexis.

Short Answer Questions

1. With the Tsar at the front, a substitute autocrat is to be found. Who fills this role?

2. Family members and friends of the Romanovs believe the revolution is coming from:

3. On what date are the Romanovs murdered?

4. Who are Pankratov and Nikolsky loyal to?

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

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