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

2. What happens on March 21, 1917?

3. Who is the head of the Russian supreme command?

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

5. Who advises the Tsar that revolution is imminent unless he keeps Alexandra from further interference in official matters?

Short Essay Questions

1. After visiting Rasputin for an illness, what conclusion does Felix Yussoupov draw about him?

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

3. When strikers marched in the streets on Sunday, March 11, 1917, they find that signs are posted by order of the Tsar. What do the signs say?

4. To what is the collapse of the Russian monarchy near the end of World War I ultimately attributed?

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

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

7. During the sixteen months Nicholas is at either Stavka or the front, Alexandra is in charge of the administrative functions of the government. What is the result of Alexandra's leadership?

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

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

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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the narrative's description, in chapter 5, of Nicholas' and Alexandra's attitudes about the coronation day and analyze whether or not these attitudes (Alexandra's in particular) foreshadow how they deal with later problems in their personal as well as political lives. Use the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and explain how the Tsar's reaction to and handling of the Assembly of Russian Workingmen strike that begins at the Putilov Steel Works and ends in bloodshed on "Bloody Sunday," January 22, 1905, change people's attitudes toward the Tsar and strengthen the revolutionary movement instead of quelling it as the Tsar hopes. Support your remarks with the text.

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