Q.1
Which one of these was not a daughter of Nicholas and Alexandra?
  • Tatiana
  • Olga
  • Marie
  • Saskia
Q.2
Of which political group was Trotsky a member when he took part in the 1905 Revolution?
  • Bolsheviks
  • Social Revolutionaries
  • Mensheviks
  • Kadets
Q.3
Which nominal province of the Ottoman Empire was formally annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908, causing concern to the Russian government about Austrian expansion eastward, and thus unleashing a full-scale international crisis?
  • Bosnia
  • The Sanjak of Novipazar
  • The Banat of Temesvar
  • The Voivodina
Q.4
In 1892 Nicholas II's predecessor, Alexander III, entered into a formal military and diplomatic alliance with France, directed principally against Germany and Austria-Hungary. Under this agreement France supported Russia against these two central powers in What name was given to this Franco-Russian treaty?
  • The Dual Alliance
  • The Entente Cordiale
  • The Dual Entente
  • The Re-Insurance Treaty
Q.5
Which warship of the Russian Black Sea fleet was seized by its mutinous crew during the 1905 Revolution in an incident later made famous by the Soviet-era film-maker Sergei Eisenstein?
  • Aurora
  • Potemkin
  • Sverdlovsk
  • Anastasia
Q.6
In July 1914 Russian troops were put on a war footing by the Tsar's government in an attempt to forestall an Austrian attack on Serbia, supported by Germany. What is this process called?
  • Mobilisation
  • Enlistment
  • Conscription
  • Recruitment
Q.7
Where was the treaty signed that brought the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5 to an end?
  • Brest-Litovsk
  • Portsmouth
  • Vladivostok
  • St. Petersburg
Q.8
In 1913 the Romanov dynasty celebrated a major anniversary as Tsars. How many years were they celebrating on the throne?
  • 400
  • 300
  • 200
  • 500
Q.9
Which of Nicholas II's ministers followed a two-pronged approach of simultaneous repression and reform, until his assassination at the Kiev Opera House in 1912?
  • Plehve
  • Pobedonostsev
  • Protopopov
  • Stolypin
Q.10
What was the name of the Tsar's son (the Tsarevitch) who suffered from incurable haemophilia?
  • Alexander
  • Nicholas
  • Paul
  • Alexis
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