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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. Which option lists the names of Nicholas and Alexandra's daughters in order of their birth?
2. When Rasputin visits the Alexander Palace, where does he stay?
3. What Russian city is the hometown of Vladimir Lenin?
4. In what month and year is Nicholas II crowned Tsar?
5. What is the Imperial Duma, which is first established in May 1906?
Short Essay Questions
1. When World War I begins, why do Nicholas and Alexandra travel to Moscow?
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. Catherine the Great is German, not Russian. How does she become Empress of Russia?
4. How does the Russo-Japanese war end?
5. How is Queen Victoria believed to have become a carrier of the hemophilia gene?
6. What Russian institutions do Peter the Great develop?
7. On what pretext does Nicholas dissolve the Second Imperial Duma?
8. When the First Imperial Duma appears in May 1906, what political parties form along with it?
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 do Lenin's studies at the University of Kazan end?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Compare and contrast the characteristics of Russia's autocratic monarchy with those of its constitutional monarchy, and analyze whether or not Nicholas' attempt to hold onto as much autocracy as possible after the passage of the Imperial Manifesto contributes to the end of the Romanov dynasty and, therefore, Russia's monarchy. Back up your work with examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and explain how Nicholas and Alexandra's decision to keep Alexis' hemophilia a secret contributed to not only Alexandra's unpopularity with Russians but also to the downfall of the monarchy. Back up your arguments with citations from the text.
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