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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 is one of the nationalities that is NOT part of the empire over which the Tsar rules?
(a) Slavs.
(b) Germans.
(c) French.
(d) Tartars.

2. In what language does Nicholas want all business conducted?
(a) German.
(b) English.
(c) Russian.
(d) French.

3. What is the name of the Serbian revolutionary group to which Archduke Ferdinand's assassin belongs?
(a) The Black Panthers.
(b) The Octobrists.
(c) The Red Hand.
(d) The Black Hand.

4. What is the name of the woman who NIcholas' parents want him to marry?
(a) Princess Alix of Hesse.
(b) Princess Ella of Hesse.
(c) Princess Helene of Paris.
(d) Princess Victoria of England.

5. What is the Romanovs' approach to publicizing Alexis' Spala injury?
(a) They use it as an opportunity to educate Russians about hemophilia.
(b) They only tell close friends and immediate family.
(c) They only tell the citizens of Spala and St. Petersburg and swear them to secrecy on pain of death.
(d) They keep it a secret from the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Alexandra as a result of the stress she experiences while caring for Alexis during the first eleven days of his injury?

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

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

4. Why do the older two daughters not make their public debut in 1914?

5. Why does Alexandra rarely leave the yacht?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Queen Victoria believed to have become a carrier of the hemophilia gene?

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. What Russian institutions do Peter the Great develop?

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

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

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

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