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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the head of the Russian supreme command?
(a) Tsar Nicholas.
(b) Alexis.
(c) Grand Duke Nicholas.
(d) Rasputin.

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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 Austrian spy.
(c) They assume he is an undercover revolutionary.
(d) They assume he is a paid German spy.

6. 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) Brest-Litovsk.
(d) Breast-Litovsk.

7. On what date does the provisional government receive official recognition from the United States?
(a) March 15, 1917.
(b) March 21, 1917.
(c) March 31, 1917.
(d) March 22, 1917.

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

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

10. While Alexis is traveling during the fall of 1915, he suffers a nosebleed. His mother credits Rasputin with stopping the bleeding; however, what is the most likely reason the hemorrhage stops?
(a) Doctors cauterize the broken vessel.
(b) Rasputin miraculously heals Alexis.
(c) Alexis bleeds to death.
(d) The bleeding stops naturally on its own.

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

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

13. Under Russian law, what is Kerensky's call for removal of the Tsar?
(a) Inciting a riot.
(b) Treason.
(c) Slander of a public official.
(d) Sedition.

14. No one can ever convince Alexandra that Rasputin is:
(a) Manipulative.
(b) Evil.
(c) Bad news.
(d) A charlatan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By what criteria does Rasputin judge people?

2. On the day they are murdered, what is the reason the Romanovs are given for having to leave?

3. After being warned that revolution is imminent, to whom does Tsar Nicholas give control?

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

5. What year do the Germans target as the year to force the Russians out of the war?

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