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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of information does Alexandra give to Rasputin, despite Nicholas' requests to her not to?
(a) Alexis' health records.
(b) Personal correspondence between herself and Nicholas.
(c) Political information.
(d) Military information.

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

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

4. The official announcement is, initially, that the Tsar is executed and the rest of the family is ___________ in the evacuation of Ekaterinburg.
(a) Re-educated.
(b) Lost.
(c) Granted asylum.
(d) Exiled.

5. As the revolution begins, what is Nicholas writing to Alexandra about?
(a) Playing dominoes.
(b) His plans to save the monarchy.
(c) Preparing to flee with her family to safety.
(d) Trout fishing.

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

7. At the end of June, why does the Romanov family stay up all night, fully dressed?
(a) They expect to be relocated.
(b) They expect to be deported.
(c) They expect to be rescued.
(d) They expect to be freed.

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

9. When Rodzianko finally convinces Nicholas, who is still at Stavka, that the violence and strike in Petrograd are serious, what does he NOT do?
(a) Dissolve the Duma.
(b) Make plans to return to Petrograd.
(c) Send his family out of the city for their safety.
(d) Send troops from the front into the city to restore order.

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

11. At ___________ on the day they are murdered, the Romanovs are awakened and told to dress because they have to leave quickly.
(a) Noon.
(b) Breakfast.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Two A.M.

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

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

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

15. Which member of the royal family becomes a certified war nurse?
(a) Anna Vyrubova.
(b) Tatiana.
(c) Alexandra.
(d) Olga.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the Stavka relocated to?

3. Which of the injuries inflicted upon Rasputin by his assassins is the actual cause of his death?

4. How do the Romanovs travel for most of the journey to Siberia?

5. What happens on March 21, 1917?

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