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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. The plan is for Nicholas and Alexandra to travel to _____________ and then to ____________ once the children are well.
(a) Moscow; Ekaterinburg.
(b) England; Murmansk.
(c) Murmansk; Moscow.
(d) Murmansk; England.

2. By the summer of 1915, the Tsar is at the front, but is in actuality a figurehead. Who is actually in charge of the army?
(a) Empress Alexandra.
(b) Prime Minister Stolypin.
(c) Grand Duke Nicholas.
(d) Michael Vasilevich Alexeiev.

3. Why is Alexandra investigated by Kerensky after she and Nicholas are arrested?
(a) She is suspected of planning to assassinate Nicholas.
(b) She is suspected of collusion with the revolutionaries.
(c) She is suspected of having an affair with Rasputin.
(d) She is German and therefore suspected of pro-German activities.

4. What does the rest of Petrograd believe about Rasputin's motives for his continued involvement with the Romanovs?
(a) They assume he is an undercover revolutionary.
(b) They assume he is a paid Austrian spy.
(c) They assume he is a paid German spy.
(d) They assume he is a paid Serbian spy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year do the Germans target as the year to force the Russians out of the war?

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

3. After Lenin and Trotsky return to Russia, where does Kerensky decide to relocate the Romanovs to?

4. By what criteria does Rasputin judge people?

5. When Guchkov and Shulgan arrive to confer with Nicholas, to whom does he abdicate his throne in favor of?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the revolution, 630 letters from Alexandra to Nicholas, written while Nicholas is at the Stavka, are found in Ekaterinburg. What do the letters contain?

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

3. 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?

4. What happens on March 18, 1917, that prompts Alexandra to burn much of her correspondence?

5. After visiting Rasputin for an illness, what conclusion does Felix Yussoupov draw about him?

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

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

8. On March 12, the day the revolution begins, what is the response of the Cabinet? What is significant about this action?

9. During the sixteen months Nicholas is at either Stavka or the front, Alexandra is in charge of the administrative functions of the government. What is the result of Alexandra's leadership?

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

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