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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In March 1917, what illness do three of the Romanov children, plus Anna Vyrubova, have?
(a) Chicken pox.
(b) Strep throat.
(c) Mumps.
(d) Measles.

3. The Tobolsk population is loyal to the:
(a) Tsar.
(b) Revolutionaries.
(c) Bolsheviks.
(d) Germans.

4. What is Colonel Eugene Kobylinsky's political affiliation?
(a) Revolutionary.
(b) Bolshevik.
(c) Monarchist.
(d) Marxist.

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

6. Rasputin's murderers are viewed as ___________ in Petrograd.
(a) Traitors.
(b) Heroes.
(c) Revolutionaries.
(d) Murderers.

7. 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) Kerensky.
(b) Protopopov.
(c) Rodzianko.
(d) Yussupov.

8. What does the rest of Petrograd believe about Rasputin's motives for his continued involvement with the Romanovs?
(a) They assume he is a paid Serbian spy.
(b) They assume he is a paid German spy.
(c) They assume he is an undercover revolutionary.
(d) They assume he is a paid Austrian spy.

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

10. At one point, a drunken Rasputin is arrested for:
(a) Public drunkenness.
(b) Disturbing the peace.
(c) Attempting to overthrow the government.
(d) Exposing himself.

11. Vasily Pankratov and Alexander Nikolsky take charge of the Romanovs from Kobylinsky in what month in 1917?
(a) August.
(b) October.
(c) September.
(d) July.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Rasputin ally is appointed as Vice-President of the Duma in October 1916?

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

3. What happens on March 21, 1917?

4. How long does it take for the Bolsheviks to admit that the family is killed along with the Tsar?

5. What does Nicholas need in order to go outside of the palace after he and Alexandra are arrested?

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