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