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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. Who works out a truce to keep the Alexander Palace from being attacked by the revolutionaries?
(a) The Church.
(b) The Duma.
(c) The Tsar.
(d) The military.

2. The Grand Duke Michael, Nicholas's brother, tries to bring the royal family to Moscow for what reason?
(a) To stop Trotsky.
(b) To smuggle them out of Russia.
(c) To stop Lenin.
(d) To keep the treaty with Germany from being signed.

3. Which Rasputin ally is appointed as Vice-President of the Duma in October 1916?
(a) Ivan Goremykin.
(b) Boris Sturmer.
(c) Alexander Protopopov.
(d) Alexander Trepov.

4. The Provisional Government is trying to get the Romanov family __________.
(a) To a place of safety.
(b) Tried for war crimes.
(c) Executed.
(d) Into a witness protection program.

5. Who arrests Alexandra on March 21, 1917?
(a) General Kotzebue.
(b) General Kornilov.
(c) Captain Kornilov.
(d) Captain Kotzebue.

Short Answer Questions

1. At one point, a drunken Rasputin is arrested for:

2. There are still __________ loyal to the Tsar at Alexander Palace.

3. In November, after the Bolsheviks take key positions in Petrograd and Kerensky goes into hiding, with him go the dream of a _________ Russia.

4. The Tobolsk population is loyal to the:

5. Rasputin's murderers are trying to ________ the monarchy.

Short Essay Questions

1. In agreeing to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, what territory does Russia give up?

2. After initially abdicating the throne to Alexis, why does Nicholas change his mind and turn it over to his brother Michael?

3. In the letter that turns out to prophesy his death as well as the fate of the monarchy, what does Rasputin say happens to the Romanovs if his death is at the hands of peasants or commoners? Likewise, what does he say happens to the monarchy if his death is at the hands of nobles?

4. When Colonel Kobylinsky is placed in charge of the Romanovs, how does the way in which they are treated change?

5. Why are losses so heavy among Russian officers, in particular, during World War I?

6. When are the Romanovs told they are able to leave Siberia?

7. What do Rasputin's murderers believe is the outcome of his death?

8. In the period between Nicholas' abdication and the Romanovs' arrest, why do the revolutionaries not attack the Alexander Palace, where the family is living?

9. How are the Romanovs lured to their deaths, and who tells them they were going to die? How long after the announcement of their impending death are the Romanovs killed?

10. What happens to all of the money that is sent to Siberia to help the Romanovs?

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