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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 the name of the treaty that brings peace between Russia and Germany in the spring of 1918?
(a) Litovsk-Breast.
(b) Brest-Litovsk.
(c) Breast-Litovsk.
(d) Versailles.

2. Family members and friends of the Romanovs believe the revolution is coming from:
(a) Above.
(b) Outside.
(c) Within.
(d) Below.

3. What percentage of the Russian army are killed, injured or imprisoned by the end of 1914?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Seventy-five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twenty.

4. Which member of the royal family becomes a certified war nurse?
(a) Olga.
(b) Anna Vyrubova.
(c) Alexandra.
(d) Tatiana.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After being warned that revolution is imminent, to whom does Tsar Nicholas give control?

2. How many wartime letters from Alexandra to Nicholas are found in Ekaterinburg after the revolution?

3. When Rodzianko finally convinces Nicholas, who is still at Stavka, that the violence and strike in Petrograd are serious, what does he NOT do?

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

5. Where is Stavka, the field headquarters, located?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what is the collapse of the Russian monarchy near the end of World War I ultimately attributed?

2. Why does Alexandra move Anna Vyrubova into an apartment in the Alexander Palace?

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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