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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where is Stavka, the field headquarters, located?
(a) In Ekaterinburg.
(b) Twenty miles from Petrograd.
(c) On the German border.
(d) Along the Polish railway.

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

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

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

7. How long does it take for the Bolsheviks to admit that the family is killed along with the Tsar?
(a) A week.
(b) Ten years.
(c) A year.
(d) A month.

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

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

10. What happens on March 21, 1917?
(a) Michael abdicates the throne.
(b) Nicholas and Alexandra are assassinated.
(c) Nicholas abdicates the throne.
(d) Nicholas and Alexandra are arrested for their own safety.

11. Who asks Moscow for permission to transfer the Romanovs to Ekaterinburg?
(a) The Ural Regional Soviet.
(b) The West Siberian Soviet.
(c) The Duma.
(d) Boris Soloviev.

12. In January 1919, a special investigator finds the mine with its evidence of the ___________ of the Romanovs.
(a) Clothing.
(b) Bodies.
(c) Belongings.
(d) Jewels.

13. What does Rasputin want?
(a) To marry Alexandra.
(b) To rule Russia.
(c) To be left alone.
(d) To be popular.

14. 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) Versailles.
(d) Brest-Litovsk.

15. The plan is for Nicholas and Alexandra to travel to _____________ and then to ____________ once the children are well.
(a) Moscow; Ekaterinburg.
(b) Murmansk; Moscow.
(c) Murmansk; England.
(d) England; Murmansk.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which river is Rasputin thrown into by his would-be assassins?

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

4. Why do the Russians turn away from Vienna and Budapest just as they are about to take them over?

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

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