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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 happens on March 21, 1917?
(a) Michael abdicates the throne.
(b) Nicholas and Alexandra are assassinated.
(c) Nicholas and Alexandra are arrested for their own safety.
(d) Nicholas abdicates the throne.

2. Which river is Rasputin thrown into by his would-be assassins?
(a) Thames.
(b) Volga.
(c) Loire.
(d) Neva.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the rest of Petrograd believe about Rasputin's motives for his continued involvement with the Romanovs?

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

3. How do the Romanovs travel for most of the journey to Siberia?

4. Why are the Romanovs not willing to escape, even though monarchist organizations triesd to help them?

5. What does Rasputin want?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. What secret information is found in Alexandra's papers after the abdication? Who is authorized to have copies of this information?

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

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

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. Instead of telling Nicholas that a revolution is taking place, what does Protopopov and Voeikov tell him about the events taking place in St. Petersburg, and how does he find out what is really happening?

10. Why does Nicholas bring Alexis to live with him at the Stavka in the fall of 1915?

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