Nicholas and Alexandra Test | Final Test - Hard

Robert K. Massie
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 128 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Nicholas and Alexandra Test | Final Test - Hard

Robert K. Massie
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 128 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. At ___________ on the day they are murdered, the Romanovs are awakened and told to dress because they have to leave quickly.

2. By sunset on March 12, 1917, the day the first Russian revolution begins, more than _____________ Russian soldiers mutiny and joined the revolution.

3. Nicholas thinks he is taken to ______________ and is forced to sign the peace treaty with Germany.

4. Where is Stavka, the field headquarters, located?

5. As the revolution begins, what is Nicholas writing to Alexandra about?

Short Essay Questions

1. When are the Romanovs told they are able to leave Siberia?

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

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

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

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

6. In the letter that turns out to prophesy his death as well as the fate of the monarchy, what does Rasputin say happens to the Romanovs if his death is at the hands of peasants or commoners? Likewise, what does he say happens to the monarchy if his death is at the hands of nobles?

7. When the Romanovs arrived in Tyumen, in what condition does Kobylinsky find the Governor's house, where the Romanovs are to live?

8. When Colonel Kobylinsky is placed in charge of the Romanovs, how does the way in which they are treated change?

9. What do Rasputin's murderers believe is the outcome of his death?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and explain, supporting your remarks with the text, why Nicholas' plans to follow his father, Alexander's, autocratic principles as Tsar strengthen the revolutionaries' cause.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Pobedonotstsev's opinion of the Jews and what is done with them. Demonstrate and explain, using the text, how his philosophy is reflected in his student, Nicholas', own policies.

Essay Topic 3

Using the text and by doing research on the disease as well as using what is learned in class, describe and explain what hemophilia is, why it only occurs in males, and how Queen Victoria is believed to have become a carrier. How does this disease affect the Romanovs' fate?

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