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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How long does it take Yurovsky's group to destroy the bodies?
(a) Three hours.
(b) Three months.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Three days.

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

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

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

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

8. When Trotsky returns to Russia from New York in May 1917, what is his relationship with Lenin?
(a) They work together.
(b) Lenin overpowers Trotsky.
(c) Trotsky overpowers Lenin.
(d) They ignore each other.

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

10. Lenin is living in _____________ when the revolution occurs in Petrograd.
(a) The United States.
(b) Poland.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Siberia.

11. 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.
(b) Nephew.
(c) Son-in-law.
(d) Cousin.

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

13. Why is Alexandra investigated by Kerensky after she and Nicholas are arrested?
(a) She is suspected of having an affair with Rasputin.
(b) She is German and therefore suspected of pro-German activities.
(c) She is suspected of planning to assassinate Nicholas.
(d) She is suspected of collusion with the revolutionaries.

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

15. How do the Romanovs travel for most of the journey to Siberia?
(a) Regular passenger train.
(b) Luxury train.
(c) Horse and carriage.
(d) Horseback.

Short Answer Questions

1. By sunset on March 12, 1917, the day the first Russian revolution begins, more than _____________ Russian soldiers mutiny and joined the revolution.

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

3. How do Nicholas and the others keep up on world events after their arrest?

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

5. What is the house in Ekaterinburg where the Romanovs live called?

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