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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. When Guchkov and Shulgan arrive to confer with Nicholas, to whom does he abdicate his throne in favor of?
(a) The revolutionaries.
(b) His wife Alexandra.
(c) His son Alexis.
(d) His brother Michael.

2. When Lenin returns to Petrograd in April 1917, he calls for the ___________ of the Provisional Government.
(a) Overthrow.
(b) Modification.
(c) Support.
(d) Strengthening.

3. When Nicholas leaves Tsarskoe Selo, Alexandra takes on the ___________ functions of government in Petrograd.
(a) Legislative.
(b) Administrative.
(c) Judicial.
(d) Ceremonial.

4. Who are Pankratov and Nikolsky loyal to?
(a) The Bolsheviks.
(b) The revolutionaries.
(c) No one; they were mercenaries.
(d) The Tsar.

5. On what date are the Romanovs murdered?
(a) July 16, 1918.
(b) June 16, 1918.
(c) June 16, 1917.
(d) July 16, 1917.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Nicholas bring to live with him at Stavka in the fall of 1915?

2. Who is responsible for the Romanovs' safety when they are first arrested in March 1917?

3. Under Russian law, what is Kerensky's call for removal of the Tsar?

4. No one can ever convince Alexandra that Rasputin is:

5. On March 12, 1917, whom does Alexandra ask to come to her?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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