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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Taxes on the sale of vodka contribute to the government _______________.
(a) Revenues.
(b) Profits.
(c) Corruption.
(d) Deficit.

2. Where do the girls live?
(a) Above their father's bedroom at Tsarskoe Selo.
(b) Above their mother's bedroom at Livadia.
(c) Above their mother's bedroom at Tsarskoe Selo.
(d) Above their father's bedroom at Livadia.

3. How does Alexandra meet Rasputin?
(a) Through the Empress Marie, her mother-in-law.
(b) Through her best friend, Anna Vyrubova.
(c) Through Nicholas.
(d) Through Alexis' bodyguards.

4. The Queen is known to carry the gene for hemophilia. How many of her daughters also carry the gene?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

5. Why does Russia negotiate a ninety-nine-year lease with China on Port Arthur?
(a) It gives Russia a way to get supplies to Siberia by sea.
(b) It gives Russia an eastern port.
(c) It gives Russia an ice-free port.
(d) It gives Russia a foot in the door with the Chinese.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the nationalities that is NOT part of the empire over which the Tsar rules?

2. What does the Tsar change the name of St. Petersburg to on August 31, 1914?

3. What beneficial effect does Alexandra believe Rasputin has on Alexis?

4. Which option lists the names of Nicholas and Alexandra's daughters in order of their birth?

5. Russia's 1905 defeat in the Straits of Tsushima shapes its naval strategy for which future war?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rasputin believe that people came to be forgiven of their sins?

2. How does the Russo-Japanese war end?

3. What do the old women in the crowd observing Alexander III's funeral procession say of Alexandra, who rides alone and behind the rest of the family?

4. When Alexis injures himself at Spala, who comes from St. Petersburg to help him?

5. When the Imperial Manifesto of October 30, 1905 establishes an elected parliament and rights for the people, Russia's government changes from an autocracy to what form of government?

6. What does Nicholas' tutor, Pobedonostsev, believe the only way to achieve national unity in Russia is? What does he believe is done in the event of opposition?

7. Which of Nicholas and Alexandra's daughters are characterized as outspoken, very sure of herself, and eager to go out into society?

8. The Imperial Park at Tsarskoe Selo is the site of which two Russian palaces?

9. During the summer of 1912, while the family is at their hunting lodge in Spala, how does Alexis incur the hemorrhage in his groin and thigh that nearly kills him?

10. What outdoor activities does Alexis want to engage in but can not due to his hemophilia?

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