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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are the names of Alexis' bodyguards?
2. On what date is Alexis, the male heir to the throne of Russia, born?
3. The Tsar is the ruler of which country?
4. Why does Alexandra rarely leave the yacht?
5. A crowd storms the German __________ and vandalizes its furnishings and artwork.
Short Essay Questions
1. When the First Imperial Duma appears in May 1906, what political parties form along with it?
2. After the Archduke's assassination, Austria presents an ultimatum to Serbia, to which it expects a response within forty-eight hours in order to prevent it declaring war upon Serbia. What demands do Austria's ultimatum place upon Serbia?
3. How does the Russo-Japanese war end?
4. What Russian institutions do Peter the Great develop?
5. Why is Alexandra so severely affected by Alexis' hemophilia?
6. When the Imperial Manifesto of October 30, 1905 establishes an elected parliament and rights for the people, Russia's government changes from an autocracy to what form of government?
7. On what pretext does Nicholas dissolve the Second Imperial Duma?
8. How is Queen Victoria believed to have become a carrier of the hemophilia gene?
9. With which religious, sexually immoral, sect is Rasputin accused of having an association?
10. How does Austria's Archduke Ferdinand wind up being assassinated by Serbian revolutionaries, in spite of a route revision after his speech that is designed to keep him out of danger?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and demonstrate how Nicholas' agreement to the Imperial Manifesto and the establishment of the Duma (Russia's Parliament) both enable the revolutionaries and hasten the collapse of the Russian monarchy. Use the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
By using the text as backup and comparing and contrasting Russian Orthodox and Lutheran beliefs, explain why women who marry into the Russian royal family convert to the Russian Orthodox faith, as Alix is required to do from the Lutheran faith in which she is raised.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast Nicholas' and Alexandra's contributions to the Russian monarchy, especially how they choose to deal with the beginning of its decline and the growing power of the revolutionaries, with Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna's prediction that Nicholas and Alexandra's inadequacies as rulers make them the last generation of Romanov rulers. Demonstrate whether or not the Grand Duchess is correct in her analysis of Nicholas and Alexandra as inadequate rulers.
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