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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Family members and friends of the Romanovs believe the revolution is coming from:
(a) Above.
(b) Outside.
(c) Below.
(d) Within.

2. 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?
(a) January 11, 1917.
(b) January 1, 1916.
(c) January 1, 1917.
(d) January 11, 1916.

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

4. When Nicholas leaves Tsarskoe Selo, Alexandra takes on the ___________ functions of government in Petrograd.
(a) Ceremonial.
(b) Judicial.
(c) Legislative.
(d) Administrative.

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

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

7. On whom does Alexandra rely as her adviser after Nicholas goes to Stavka?
(a) Queen Victoria.
(b) Anna Vyrubova.
(c) Prime Minister Goremykin.
(d) Rasputin.

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

9. What is the name of the royal family member who leads the 1916/17 plot to assassinate Rasputin?
(a) Prince Felix .
(b) Princess Irina.
(c) Grand Duke Michael.
(d) Grand Duke Dmitry.

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

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

12. What percentage of the Russian army are killed, injured or imprisoned by the end of 1914?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Seventy-five.
(d) Twenty-five.

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

14. Of the twenty-eight people tried for the murder of the Tsar, how many are executed?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Five.
(c) One.
(d) Twenty-eight.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the Romanovs not willing to escape, even though monarchist organizations triesd to help them?

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

3. Where do the Romanovs live in Tobolsk?

4. What does Rasputin want?

5. What happens five days after the Tsar relinquishes control of the government?

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