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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. At the end of June, why does the Romanov family stay up all night, fully dressed?
(a) They expect to be freed.
(b) They expect to be rescued.
(c) They expect to be relocated.
(d) They expect to be deported.

2. In what month does Alexis go to the front with the Tsar?
(a) November.
(b) September.
(c) December.
(d) October.

3. Where is the Stavka relocated to?
(a) Mogilev.
(b) St. Petersburg.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Moscow.

4. The Grand Duke Michael, Nicholas's brother, tries to bring the royal family to Moscow for what reason?
(a) To smuggle them out of Russia.
(b) To keep the treaty with Germany from being signed.
(c) To stop Lenin.
(d) To stop Trotsky.

5. In January 1919, a special investigator finds the mine with its evidence of the ___________ of the Romanovs.
(a) Jewels.
(b) Belongings.
(c) Bodies.
(d) Clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the Romanovs live in Tobolsk?

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

3. How does the three-hundred-year-old Romanov dynasty end in March, 1917?

4. Who asks Moscow for permission to transfer the Romanovs to Ekaterinburg?

5. When Nicholas leaves Tsarskoe Selo, Alexandra takes on the ___________ functions of government in Petrograd.

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

3. Under what conditions does England agree to grant the Romanovs asylum, and why is the request eventually withdrawn?

4. In the period immediately following the assassination of Tsar Nicholas and his family, why do as many of his Romanov relatives as are able leave Russia?

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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