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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 beneficial effect does Alexandra believe Rasputin has on Alexis?
(a) She believes Rasputin protects him from injury.
(b) She believes Rasputin makes him holy.
(c) She believes Rasputin keeps him calm.
(d) She believes Rasputin heals him.

2. With whom do the girls go to St. Petersburg on Sundays?
(a) Their own bodyguards.
(b) Their parents.
(c) Their aunt.
(d) Their brother's bodyguards.

3. Alexis' illness _________ alter the household routine.
(a) Does.
(b) Does not.
(c) Will occasionally.
(d) Will often.

4. What church is the main Christian influence in Nicholas' country?
(a) The Lutheran Church.
(b) The Roman Catholic Church.
(c) The Anglican Church.
(d) The Russian Orthodox Church.

5. What happens to Alexis while the family is vacationing at Spala?
(a) He has a hemorrhage in his thigh and knee.
(b) He has a hemorrhage in his knee and calf.
(c) He has a hemorrhage in his groin and abdomen.
(d) He has a hemorrhage in his groin and thigh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Romanovs have two identical royal trains that travel a few miles apart?

2. When Rasputin visits the Alexander Palace, where does he stay?

3. Nicholas and Alexandra's first home is at the palace in:

4. Nicholas' father, Alexander III, dies at the family's palace at:

5. What does Rasputin do as a child that earns him a reputation as a seer?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

6. Why do Russian Easter celebrations include large banquets?

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

8. Why does a riot that kills hundreds of people take place in Moscow, and at what event, on the day following Nicholas' coronation?

9. 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?

10. Why is Alexandra so severely affected by Alexis' hemophilia?

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