 - 1. Who led the group of nobles that decided to kill Rasputin?
A) Purishkevich
B) Maurice Paléologue
C) Dr. Carolyn Harris
D) Sukhotin
- 2. Which Grand Duke was part of the group that planned Rasputin's murder?
A) Grand Duke Nicholas
B) Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich
C) Grand Duke Michael
D) Grand Duke Alexander
- 3. Which Prince was involved in luring Rasputin to his palace?
A) Prince Troubetzkoy
B) Prince Volkonsky
C) Prince Lvov
D) Prince Felix Yusupov
- 4. Whose influence over Alexandra did the nobles believe threatened the Russian Empire?
A) Pavlovich's
B) Rasputin's
C) Purishkevich's
D) Yusupov's
- 5. In what month and year was the plan to kill Rasputin concocted?
A) January 1915
B) December 1916
C) December 1917
D) November 1916
- 6. What was the name of the palace where Rasputin was murdered?
A) Yusupov Palace in Crimea
B) Moika Palace
C) Anichkov Palace
D) Winter Palace
- 7. How many gunshot wounds did Rasputin ultimately die from?
A) Four
B) Two
C) One
D) Three
- 8. Where was one of Rasputin's gunshot wounds located, delivered at close range?
A) Forehead
B) Chest
C) Stomach
D) Neck
- 9. According to Smith, what is certain about what happened at the Yusupov home on 17 December?
A) Rasputin died of poison
B) Yusupov's memoir is completely accurate
C) What really happened will never be known
D) Tatiana was present
- 10. Whose version of events regarding the murder has become the most frequently told?
A) Paléologue's
B) Smith's
C) Yusupov's
D) Dr. Carolyn Harris's
- 11. Where was Rasputin ushered into shortly after midnight according to Yusupov's account?
A) The attic
B) The basement
C) The dining hall
D) The courtyard
- 12. What poison was used to lace the tea and cakes offered to Rasputin?
A) Cyanide
B) Arsenic
C) Strychnine
D) Ricin
- 13. What type of wine did Rasputin ask for and drink three glasses of?
A) Port wine
B) Madeira wine
C) Champagne
D) Red wine
- 14. At approximately what time did Yusupov go upstairs to meet his fellow conspirators?
A) 4:00 am
B) 12:00 am
C) 1:00 am
D) 2:30 am
- 15. From whom did Yusupov take a revolver before returning to the basement?
A) Sukhotin
B) Pavlovich
C) The French ambassador
D) Purishkevich
- 16. What object did Yusupov tell Rasputin to look at and say a prayer to before shooting him?
A) A Bible
B) An icon of the Virgin Mary
C) A crucifix
D) A portrait of Alexandra
- 17. Where did Yusupov shoot Rasputin the first time in his account?
A) In the leg
B) In the shoulder
C) In the chest
D) In the head
- 18. Who wore Rasputin's coat and hat to make it look as though Rasputin had returned home?
A) Sukhotin
B) Pavlovich
C) Yusupov
D) Purishkevich
- 19. Where did Rasputin follow Yusupov after leaping up from the basement floor?
A) The palace's courtyard
B) The upper floor
C) The riverbank
D) The street outside
- 20. Into what did Rasputin collapse after being shot in the courtyard?
A) A snowbank
B) The river
C) A frozen fountain
D) Mud
- 21. What did the conspirators wrap Rasputin's body in before disposing of it?
A) Cloth
B) A tarp
C) A rug
D) A blanket
- 22. To which bridge did the conspirators drive to dispose of Rasputin's body?
A) Palace Bridge
B) Anichkov Bridge
C) Troitsky Bridge
D) Petrovsky Bridge
- 23. Into which river was Rasputin's body dropped?
A) Little Nevka river
B) Volga river
C) Fontanka river
D) Moika river
- 24. Whose unsubstantiated claim alleged she was present at the site of Rasputin's murder disguised as a lieutenant?
A) Rasputin's daughter
B) Grand Duchess Olga
C) Grand Duchess Tatiana
D) Empress Alexandra
- 25. As what was Grand Duchess Tatiana allegedly disguised at the murder site?
A) A nurse
B) A lieutenant of the Chevaliers-Gardes
C) A police officer
D) A male servant
- 26. Who was Maurice Paléologue?
A) A historian from the University of Toronto
B) A Russian noble
C) The French ambassador to Russia
D) The official surgeon
- 27. What unsubstantiated act did Maurice Paléologue write that Tatiana supposedly witnessed?
A) Rasputin's poisoning
B) Rasputin's baptism
C) Rasputin's drowning
D) Rasputin's castration
- 28. Who published a modern analysis of Rasputin's death on the 100th anniversary of the event?
A) Maurice Paléologue
B) Prince Felix Yusupov
C) Smith
D) Dr. Carolyn Harris
- 29. From which university is Dr. Carolyn Harris?
A) University of Oxford
B) University of St. Petersburg
C) Harvard University
D) University of Toronto
- 30. According to Rasputin's daughter, what type of food did her father abstain from?
A) Sweet food
B) Dairy
C) Spicy food
D) Meat
- 31. What did an autopsy account by the official surgeon record as the cause of death?
A) Cyanide poisoning and drowning
B) Multiple gunshot wounds and blood loss
C) A single bullet fired into the head at close range
D) Drowning and hypothermia
- 32. According to the official surgeon's autopsy, was there any record of poisoning or drowning?
A) Yes, only drowning
B) No
C) Yes, only poisoning
D) Yes, both poisoning and drowning
- 33. Where did word of Rasputin's activity and charisma begin to spread during the early 1900s?
A) Moscow
B) Siberia
C) Kazan
D) Saint Petersburg
- 34. In what year or years did Rasputin travel to the city of Kazan?
A) 1906 or 1907
B) 1902 or 1903
C) 1904 or 1905
D) 1900 or 1901
- 35. What reputation did Rasputin acquire in Kazan?
A) A skilled military strategist
B) A wise starets who could help people resolve spiritual crises
C) A wealthy merchant
D) A fraudulent healer
- 36. What rumors existed about Rasputin regarding his female followers?
A) That he was stealing from them
B) That he was curing them of diseases
C) That he was teaching them to read
D) That he was having sex with them
- 37. Which local religious leaders gave Rasputin a letter of recommendation?
A) Archimandrite Theofan and Bishop Sergei
B) Grand Duke Peter and Prince George
C) Archimandrite Andrei and Bishop Chrysthanos
D) Tsar Nicholas and Tsarina Alexandra
- 38. Who was the rector of the theological seminary at the Alexander Nevsky Monastery?
A) Archimandrite Theofan
B) Archimandrite Andrei
C) Bishop Sergei
D) Bishop Chrysthanos
E) Nizier Anthelme Philippe
- 39. Who was the inspector of the theological seminary at the Alexander Nevsky Lavra?
A) Bishop Sergei
B) Archimandrite Andrei
C) Archimandrite Theofan
D) Bishop Chrysthanos
- 40. Whose confessor did Archimandrite Theofan later serve as?
A) The imperial family
B) The Black Princesses
C) Tsar Nicholas II
D) The local aristocracy
- 41. What alternative religious movements had become popular among Saint Petersburg's aristocracy before Rasputin's arrival?
A) Spiritualism and theosophy
B) Islam and Buddhism
C) Orthodoxy and Catholicism
D) Paganism and astrology
- 42. How did Fuhrmann describe the Saint Petersburg elite during the period of Rasputin's arrival?
A) Aggressive, political, and reform-minded
B) Bored, cynical, and seeking new experiences
C) Pious, humble, and hardworking
D) Terrified, superstitious, and isolated
- 43. What fact may have enhanced Rasputin's appeal compared to previous 'holy men'?
A) That he was a member of the royal family
B) That he possessed a medical degree
C) That he was a native Russian
D) That he refused all gifts of money
- 44. Name one of the foreign 'holy men' who had previously been popular in Saint Petersburg.
A) Archimandrite Theofan
B) Bishop Sergei
C) Grand Duke Peter
D) Nizier Anthelme Philippe
- 45. Name another foreign 'holy men' who had previously been popular in Saint Petersburg alongside Nizier Anthelme Philippe.
A) St. Simeon
B) Archimandrite Andrei
C) Gérard Encausse
D) Bishop Chrysthanos
- 46. Which historian argues that it is impossible to know if Rasputin stayed in Saint Petersburg or returned to Pokrovskoye between his first arrival and 1905?
A) Fuhrmann
B) Figes
C) Smith
D) Nicholas
- 47. When did Rasputin first meet Tsar Nicholas II?
A) Fall of 1903
B) October 1904
C) 1 November 1905
D) 18 July 1906
- 48. When did Rasputin return to Saint Petersburg after his post-meeting trip back to Pokrovskoye?
A) Fall of 1903
B) October 1904
C) July 1906
D) November 1905
- 49. When did Rasputin first meet the children of Nicholas and Alexandra?
A) Fall of 1903
B) October 1906
C) November 1905
D) July 1906
- 50. What disease did Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaevich suffer from?
A) Epilepsy
B) Haemophilia
C) Tuberculosis
D) Scarlet fever
- 51. According to Orlando Figes, when was Rasputin first introduced to the tsar and tsarina as a healer?
A) October 1906
B) November 1905
C) July 1906
D) Fall of 1903
- 52. In what year did Rasputin develop a renewed interest in religion and leave Pokrovskoye?
A) 1897
B) 1890
C) 1900
D) 1907
- 53. What alleged crime might Rasputin have been escaping punishment for when he left his village?
A) Tax evasion
B) Horse theft
C) Land fraud
D) Petty theft
- 54. Which young theological student is suggested by some sources to have inspired Rasputin's pilgrimage?
A) Melity Zaborovsky
B) Fuhrmann
C) Makary
D) Smith
- 55. How old was Rasputin when he left his old life for a pilgrimage?
A) 40 years old
B) 35 years old
C) 21 years old
D) 28 years old
- 56. How many years had Rasputin been married when he left on his 1897 pilgrimage?
A) Fifteen years
B) Ten years
C) Twenty years
D) Five years
- 57. Who was the starets (elder) at Verkhoturye who profoundly humbled Rasputin?
A) Melity Zaborovsky
B) Smith
C) Fuhrmann
D) Makary
- 58. What did Rasputin later claim some monks at Verkhotuyre engaged in?
A) Political conspiracy
B) Financial corruption
C) Homosexuality
D) Secret gambling
- 59. How did Rasputin criticize monastic life after his visit to Verkhoturye?
A) Too lenient
B) Too coercive
C) Too wealthy
D) Too modern
- 60. What did Rasputin swear off after his transformation in 1897?
A) Travel
B) Gambling
C) Alcohol
D) Meat
- 61. What term describes a holy wanderer or pilgrim, which Rasputin spent years acting as?
A) Strannik
B) Khlyst
C) Starets
D) Cossack
- 62. To what center of Eastern Orthodox monastic life did Rasputin possibly wander as far as in 1900?
A) Jerusalem
B) Mount Athos
C) St. Petersburg
D) Kiev Pechersk Lavra
- 63. Where did Rasputin and his followers build a makeshift chapel for secret prayer meetings?
A) The village church
B) Yefim's root cellar
C) His own private estate
D) An abandoned barn
- 64. Whose household was Rasputin still living within when he built the makeshift chapel?
A) His brother's household
B) His father's household
C) The village priest's home
D) His own independent home
- 65. What was rumored that female followers were doing to Rasputin before each secret meeting?
A) Confessing their sins to him
B) Anointing him with expensive oils
C) Ceremonially washing him
D) Reading holy books to him
- 66. What religious sect was Rasputin rumored to have joined?
A) The Dukhobors
B) The Khlysty
C) The Old Believers
D) The Skoptsy
- 67. When was Grigori Rasputin born according to the new style calendar?
A) 9 January 1869
B) 30 December 1916
C) 17 December 1864
D) 21 January 1869
- 68. In which Siberian village was Rasputin born?
A) Tobolsk
B) Saint Petersburg
C) Pokrovskoye
D) Tyumen
- 69. What was the name of Rasputin's father?
A) Yefim
B) Nicholas
C) Dmitry
D) Alexei
- 70. What was the name of Rasputin's mother?
A) Praskovya Dubrovina
B) Alexandra Feodorovna
C) Feodosiya
D) Anna Parshukova
- 71. When did Rasputin marry Praskovya Dubrovina?
A) November 1905
B) December 1916
C) February 1887
D) January 1869
- 72. What secondary job did Rasputin's father, Yefim, have?
A) Government courier
B) Village schoolteacher
C) Monastery abbot
D) Military general
- 73. Who had a 'passionate attachment' to Rasputin because she believed he could heal her son?
A) Alexandra
B) Sofia Ivanovna Tyutcheva
C) Anna Vyrubova
D) Olga Alexandrovna
- 74. Where did Alexei develop a large hematoma in the summer of 1912 after a jolting carriage ride?
A) Siberia
B) Saint Petersburg
C) Palestine
D) Spała
- 75. According to Dr. Fedorov, what physical action would Rasputin take when approaching a patient to stop bleeding?
A) Give herbal medicine
B) Apply cold compresses
C) Spit
D) Pray aloud
- 76. What mechanism did Massie and Ferro suggest Rasputin may have used to stop Alexei's bleeding on other occasions?
A) Hypnosis
B) Herbal remedies
C) Blood transfusion
D) Aspirin
- 77. What medication did Pierre Gilliard speculate Rasputin controlled by disallowing its administration?
A) Morphine
B) Penicillin
C) Quinine
D) Aspirin
- 78. What phrase were Alexei and his siblings taught to use when viewing Rasputin?
A) Our friend
B) Our healer
C) The miracle worker
D) The holy man
- 79. Who escorted Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna to the nursery in the autumn of 1907 to meet Rasputin?
A) Alexandra
B) Pierre Gilliard
C) Nicholas
D) Anna Vyrubova
- 80. What nickname did Rasputin use for nine-year-old Maria in a 1908 telegram?
A) My Dear Flower!
B) My Little Friend!
C) My Dear Pearl M!
D) My Sweet M!
- 81. Which governess was horrified in 1910 when Rasputin was permitted access to the nursery while the four girls were in their nightgowns?
A) Sofia Ivanovna Tyutcheva
B) Olga Alexandrovna
C) Anna Vyrubova
D) Maria Ivanovna Vishnyakova
- 82. How did Nicholas's sister, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, describe Rasputin after hearing Tyutcheva's story?
A) A saint
B) A prophet
C) A healer
D) A khlyst
- 83. What was the name of the nursery governess who claimed she was raped by Rasputin?
A) Sofia Ivanovna Tyutcheva
B) Maria Ivanovna Vishnyakova
C) Anna Vyrubova
D) Olga Alexandrovna
- 84. When was Maria Ivanovna Vishnyakova dismissed from her post?
A) 1916
B) 1913
C) 1910
D) 1907
- 85. Where did Nicholas order Rasputin to go on a pilgrimage after scandalous rumors and cartoons circulated?
A) Spała
B) Siberia
C) Saint Petersburg
D) Palestine
- 86. Who reported in their memoirs that the four grand duchesses appeared cold and visibly terribly upset by Rasputin's death?
A) Pierre Gilliard
B) Robert K. Massie
C) Marc Ferro
D) A. A. Mordvinov
- 87. What position did Nicholas appoint Rasputin to, which charged him with keeping palace lamps lit?
A) Minister
B) Chancellor
C) Lampadnik
D) Advisor
- 88. What new surname was Rasputin permitted to adopt?
A) Rasputin-Noviy
B) Rasputin-Siberian
C) Rasputin-Romanov
D) Rasputin-Tsarsky
- 89. With whom was Rasputin rumored to be having an affair?
A) A local prostitute
B) The tsarina
C) The chief of secret police
D) The prime minister's wife
- 90. Which religious institution saw growing opposition to Rasputin's influence?
A) The Eastern Orthodox Church
B) The Protestant Synod
C) The Russian Lutheran Church
D) The Roman Catholic Church
- 91. In what year did local clergy in Pokrovskoye denounce Rasputin as a heretic?
A) 1911
B) 1907
C) 1905
D) 1909
- 92. What kind of doctrines was Rasputin accused of spreading during the Bishop of Tobolsk's inquest?
A) Gnostic doctrines
B) Khlyst-like doctrines
C) Calvinist doctrines
D) Pagan doctrines
- 93. Who was the prime minister that faced opposition against Rasputin in Saint Petersburg?
A) Nicholas Romanov
B) Pyotr Stolypin
C) Theofan
D) Vladimir Purishkevich
- 94. What is the name of the tsar's secret police mentioned in the text?
A) KGB
B) NKVD
C) Okhrana
D) Cheka
- 95. Who accused Rasputin of rape in 1909?
A) Alexandra Fyodorovna
B) Khioniya Berlatskaya
C) Olga Nikolaevna
D) Tatiana Nikolaevna
- 96. What war contributed to Russia's rapid economic decline during this period?
A) The First World War
B) The Russo-Japanese War
C) The Napoleonic Wars
D) The Crimean War
- 97. What socio-economic system dissolved, contributing to Russia's economic decline?
A) Feudalism
B) Communism
C) Capitalism
D) Mercantilism
- 98. According to Purishkevich's November 1916 speech, what had the tsar's ministers been turned into?
A) Spies
B) Criminals
C) Slaves
D) Marionettes
- 99. Where was the tsarina born before becoming the Russian empress?
A) Austria
B) France
C) Germany
D) England
- 100. How old was Guseva at the time of the assassination attempt?
A) 33
B) 25
C) 40
D) 29
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