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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. What type of economy does Russia have in 1906, when Peter Stolypin becomes prime minister of Russia?
(a) Service.
(b) Industrial.
(c) Agricultural.
(d) Seafaring.

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

3. Rasputin's influence over the Romanovs causes a rift between __________ and __________.
(a) Alexandra and Queen Victoria.
(b) Nicholas and Kaiser William.
(c) Alexis and Olga.
(d) Ella and Alexandra.

4. What does Rasputin do when Stolypin banishes him?
(a) He goes on a trip to Palestine.
(b) He goes on a trip to Jerusalem.
(c) He goes on a trip to the United States.
(d) He goes on a trip to Japan.

5. Russia's 1905 defeat in the Straits of Tsushima shapes its naval strategy for which future war?
(a) World War I.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Gulf War.
(d) The Cold War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What German author's writings influence Lenin?

2. What kind of life do the Tsar's children lead?

3. In what month and year is Nicholas II crowned Tsar?

4. What are Alexandra's own, multiple, medical problems described as?

5. What is the name of the woman who NIcholas' parents want him to marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. When World War I begins, the Tsar is reluctant to become involved because Russia is not prepared for war. Why is Russia not prepared for war?

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

3. After the Archduke's assassination, Austria presents an ultimatum to Serbia, to which it expects a response within forty-eight hours in order to prevent it declaring war upon Serbia. What demands do Austria's ultimatum place upon Serbia?

4. On what pretext does Nicholas dissolve the Second Imperial Duma?

5. 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?

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

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

8. After Stolypin and Kokovtsov each have personal interviews with Rasputin when they are in office, what happens to them?

9. Why do Russian Easter celebrations include large banquets?

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

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