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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. When Austria presents an ultimatum to Serbia, what is Serbia's first reaction?
(a) They start shelling Austria.
(b) They appeal to their protector, Russia, for help.
(c) They reject it outright.
(d) They appeal to their protector, Germany, for help.

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

3. When do Tsars invoke the blessing of the icon the Vladimir Mother of God?
(a) Before they go to bed.
(b) During peace.
(c) When they are crowned.
(d) During war.

4. What region of Russia, where the Romanovs go every spring and celebrate Easter, is the family's favorite?
(a) The Urals.
(b) The Crimea.
(c) Siberia.
(d) The Ukraine.

5. How is Rasputin's power over others characterized?
(a) Bullying.
(b) Hypnotic.
(c) Persuasive.
(d) Charismatic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of economy does Russia have in 1906, when Peter Stolypin becomes prime minister of Russia?

2. The Tsar is the ruler of which country?

3. How much does the Imperial Crown of Russia weigh?

4. What faith does Nicholas' fiancee have to convert to in order to marry him?

5. Why does Alexandra rarely leave the yacht?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. With which religious, sexually immoral, sect is Rasputin accused of having an association?

5. How does Austria's Archduke Ferdinand wind up being assassinated by Serbian revolutionaries, in spite of a route revision after his speech that is designed to keep him out of danger?

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

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

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

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

10. How does the Russo-Japanese war end?

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