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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 beneficial effect does Alexandra believe Rasputin has on Alexis?

2. Nicholas' father, Alexander III, dies at the family's palace at:

3. What is the purpose of the Assembly of Russian Workingmen, found by Plehve and Father George Gapon?

4. When the Duma arrives for the tercentenary celebration and finds Rasputin sitting in one of their chairs, what does the president of the Duma do?

5. Rasputin's influence over the Romanovs causes a rift between __________ and __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. With which religious, sexually immoral, sect is Rasputin accused of having an association?

2. How does the Russo-Japanese war end?

3. When the royal yacht, the Standart, strikes a rock during a cruise, why doesn't it sink?

4. Why is Alexandra so severely affected by Alexis' hemophilia?

5. Catherine the Great is German, not Russian. How does she become Empress of Russia?

6. How do Lenin's studies at the University of Kazan end?

7. Which of Nicholas and Alexandra's daughters are characterized as outspoken, very sure of herself, and eager to go out into society?

8. What does Nicholas' tutor, Pobedonostsev, believe the only way to achieve national unity in Russia is? What does he believe is done in the event of opposition?

9. What do the old women in the crowd observing Alexander III's funeral procession say of Alexandra, who rides alone and behind the rest of the family?

10. How does Rasputin believe that people came to be forgiven of their sins?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain and analyze why, although there are people who want, and indeed try, to help the Romanovs escape, nothing ever comes to fruition. Use the text as backup.

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

Analyze and demonstrate how the assassination of Austria's Archduke Ferdinand by Serbian revolutionary Gabriel Princip, which leads to World War I, contribute to the downfall of the Russian military and, ultimately, the monarchy. Support your statements with the text.

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