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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 year do the Germans target as the year to force the Russians out of the war?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1914.

2. Lenin is living in _____________ when the revolution occurs in Petrograd.
(a) Switzerland.
(b) The United States.
(c) Siberia.
(d) Poland.

3. After being warned that revolution is imminent, to whom does Tsar Nicholas give control?
(a) Alexis, with a regent.
(b) Alexis.
(c) Alexandra.
(d) A regent.

4. On March 12, 1917, whom does Alexandra ask to come to her?
(a) Her sister, Ella.
(b) Nicholas' brother, Michael.
(c) Nicholas' mother, Marie.
(d) Her friend, Lili Dehn.

5. What is Colonel Eugene Kobylinsky's political affiliation?
(a) Bolshevik.
(b) Marxist.
(c) Monarchist.
(d) Revolutionary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nicholas need in order to go outside of the palace after he and Alexandra are arrested?

2. Which member of the royal family becomes a certified war nurse?

3. What is the date by which Rasputin, writing before his death, predicts he will be dead and which, indeed, turns out to be the day his body is found?

4. Who are Pankratov and Nikolsky loyal to?

5. How do the Romanovs travel for most of the journey to Siberia?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the Tsar do in an attempt to slow down the rate of loss among his army officers?

3. When Alexis suffers a nosebleed and Rasputin is sent for, what does Rasputin do when he arrives and what happens afterward?

4. As the soldiers guarding the Romanovs in Tyumen come to understand the meaning of the revolution, how do their attitudes toward the Romanovs change?

5. At the Four Brothers Mine, how are the bodies of Nicholas and his family disposed of?

6. 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?

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

8. When strikers marched in the streets on Sunday, March 11, 1917, they find that signs are posted by order of the Tsar. What do the signs say?

9. Under the 'protection' of Captain Kotzebue's revolutionaries, how are the Romanovs treated at first?

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

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