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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. On the day they are murdered, what is the reason the Romanovs are given for having to leave?
(a) The Monarchists are approaching Ekaterinburg.
(b) The Revolutionaries are approaching Ekaterinburg.
(c) The Red Russians are approaching Ekaterinburg.
(d) The White Russians are approaching Ekaterinburg.

2. How long does it take for the Bolsheviks to admit that the family is killed along with the Tsar?
(a) A year.
(b) A week.
(c) Ten years.
(d) A month.

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

4. In March 1917, what illness do three of the Romanov children, plus Anna Vyrubova, have?
(a) Mumps.
(b) Strep throat.
(c) Chicken pox.
(d) Measles.

5. How do the Romanovs travel for most of the journey to Siberia?
(a) Horseback.
(b) Luxury train.
(c) Regular passenger train.
(d) Horse and carriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens on March 21, 1917?

2. Who is misinforming Nicholas as to how serious things are in Petrograd?

3. Who arrests Alexandra on March 21, 1917?

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

5. What is the house in Ekaterinburg where the Romanovs live called?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Alexis' nurse, Nagorny, arrested after the Romanovs are moved to Ekaterinburg?

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

10. When the Romanovs arrived in Tyumen, in what condition does Kobylinsky find the Governor's house, where the Romanovs are to live?

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