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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. Who is responsible for the Romanovs' safety when they are first arrested in March 1917?
(a) Lenin.
(b) Kerensky.
(c) Kobylinsky.
(d) Rodzianko.

2. What happens five days after the Tsar relinquishes control of the government?
(a) Revolutionaries storm Tsarskoe Selo.
(b) The government collapses.
(c) Alexis hemorrhages.
(d) The entire Romanov family is assassinated.

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

4. By the summer of 1915, the Tsar is at the front, but is in actuality a figurehead. Who is actually in charge of the army?
(a) Michael Vasilevich Alexeiev.
(b) Empress Alexandra.
(c) Prime Minister Stolypin.
(d) Grand Duke Nicholas.

5. There are still __________ loyal to the Tsar at Alexander Palace.
(a) Troops.
(b) Relatives.
(c) Servants.
(d) Government officials.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take Yurovsky's group to destroy the bodies?

2. What is the name of the royal family member who leads the 1916/17 plot to assassinate Rasputin?

3. While Alexis is traveling during the fall of 1915, he suffers a nosebleed. His mother credits Rasputin with stopping the bleeding; however, what is the most likely reason the hemorrhage stops?

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

5. Which member of the royal family becomes a certified war nurse?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In the period between Nicholas' abdication and the Romanovs' arrest, why do the revolutionaries not attack the Alexander Palace, where the family is living?

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. 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?

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