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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. How much does the Imperial Crown of Russia weigh?
(a) Nine pounds.
(b) Nine grams.
(c) Nine ounces.
(d) Nine kilograms.

2. What faith does Nicholas' fiancee have to convert to in order to marry him?
(a) Islam.
(b) Roman Catholicism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Russian Orthodox.

3. Why do the older two daughters not make their public debut in 1914?
(a) Alexis' hemophilia.
(b) Queen Victoria's death.
(c) The Bolshevik Revolution.
(d) World War I.

4. A crowd storms the German __________ and vandalizes its furnishings and artwork.
(a) Embassy.
(b) Border.
(c) Consulate.
(d) Passport office.

5. When the Duma arrives for the tercentenary celebration and finds Rasputin sitting in one of their chairs, what does the president of the Duma do?
(a) He physically removes Rasputin.
(b) He gives up his seat to Rasputin.
(c) He physically attacks Rasputin and tries to kill him.
(d) He walks out of the celebration and refuses to participate.

Short Answer Questions

1. In whose carriage does Nicholas' mother, Marie, ride during the coronation ceremony?

2. What happens to the two older girls instead of their debut?

3. What position in Russia's government does Plehve hold?

4. When do Tsars invoke the blessing of the icon the Vladimir Mother of God?

5. What is the response of Kaiser William, the ruler of Germany and Tsar Nicholas' cousin, to the Austrian shelling of Serbia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do many in St. Petersburg society consider Alexandra a prude?

2. Catherine the Great is German, not Russian. How does she become Empress of Russia?

3. When the royal yacht, the Standart, strikes a rock during a cruise, why doesn't it sink?

4. How do Lenin's studies at the University of Kazan end?

5. When World War I begins, why do Nicholas and Alexandra travel to Moscow?

6. In the Russian system of autocracy, to whom is the Tsar responsible?

7. When the First Imperial Duma appears in May 1906, what political parties form along with it?

8. Why do Tsar Alexander and Empress Marie want Nicholas to marry Princess Helene of France instead of Alix of Hesse?

9. 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?

10. What begins to appear in public after Iliodor and his supporters are sent into seclusion?

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