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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. The Catherine Palace is being used as a _____________.
2. What does Nicholas need in order to go outside of the palace after he and Alexandra are arrested?
3. What happens on March 21, 1917?
4. What is the date by which Rasputin, writing before his death, predicts he will be dead and which, indeed, turns out to be the day his body is found?
5. In which city does the first Russian revolution take place?
Short Essay Questions
1. Under the 'protection' of Captain Kotzebue's revolutionaries, how are the Romanovs treated at first?
2. As the soldiers guarding the Romanovs in Tyumen come to understand the meaning of the revolution, how do their attitudes toward the Romanovs change?
3. When the Romanovs arrived in Tyumen, in what condition does Kobylinsky find the Governor's house, where the Romanovs are to live?
4. When are the Romanovs told they are able to leave Siberia?
5. What happens on March 18, 1917, that prompts Alexandra to burn much of her correspondence?
6. When Colonel Kobylinsky is placed in charge of the Romanovs, how does the way in which they are treated change?
7. In the period immediately following the assassination of Tsar Nicholas and his family, why do as many of his Romanov relatives as are able leave Russia?
8. On March 12, the day the revolution begins, what is the response of the Cabinet? What is significant about this action?
9. To what is the collapse of the Russian monarchy near the end of World War I ultimately attributed?
10. What does the Tsar do in an attempt to slow down the rate of loss among his army officers?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Using the text as backup, compare and contrast the daily routine of the Romanovs, as described in Chapter 10, with the daily life of the typical Russian worker.
Essay Topic 3
Using the text, explain and analyze how Alexandra's belief that Rasputin is a representative from God who miraculously heals her son enables Rasputin to take advantage of her, as well as Alexis' hemophilia, in order to gain influence in and, eventually, control over Russia's government.
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