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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. By what criteria does Rasputin judge people?

2. What percentage of the Russian army are killed, injured or imprisoned by the end of 1914?

3. At the end of June, why does the Romanov family stay up all night, fully dressed?

4. The Provisional Government is trying to get the Romanov family __________.

5. When Guchkov and Shulgan arrive to confer with Nicholas, to whom does he abdicate his throne in favor of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. Under what conditions does England agree to grant the Romanovs asylum, and why is the request eventually withdrawn?

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

7. At the Four Brothers Mine, how are the bodies of Nicholas and his family disposed of?

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

9. Instead of telling Nicholas that a revolution is taking place, what does Protopopov and Voeikov tell him about the events taking place in St. Petersburg, and how does he find out what is really happening?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The reason why Felix Yussoupov and his co-conspirators assassinate Rasputin is to try to save the monarchy. Using the text, analyze and explain why, and how, his assassination actually ends up contributing to the revolutionary cause and to the collapse of the monarchy.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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