- 1. Who is the main protagonist of 'The Scarlet Empress'?
A) Elizabeth I
B) Catherine the Great
C) Queen Victoria
D) Mary Queen of Scots
- 2. Who was Catherine the Great married to before becoming Empress of Russia?
A) Ivan IV
B) Peter III
C) Peter the Great
D) Alexander I
- 3. Who was Catherine the Great's lover and adviser who helped her gain power?
A) Grigory Potemkin
B) Gregory Orlov
C) Grigory Rasputin
D) Ivan Betskoy
- 4. Which of the following universities did Catherine the Great found in Russia?
A) St. Petersburg University
B) Novosibirsk University
C) Kazan University
D) Moscow University
- 5. In what year did Catherine the Great die?
A) 1796
B) 1789
C) 1804
D) 1762
- 6. What was the name of the political document that Catherine the Great drew up but never implemented?
A) Emancipation Manifesto
B) Charter to the Nobility
C) Constitution of the Russian Empire
D) Nakaz
- 7. Catherine the Great's obsession with Enlightenment ideals led her to correspond with which prominent philosopher?
A) Hume
B) Voltaire
C) Kant
D) Rousseau
- 8. Who succeeded Catherine the Great as Emperor of Russia?
A) Peter III
B) Nicholas I
C) Alexander I
D) Paul I
- 9. During Catherine the Great's reign, Russia successfully fought a war against which country?
A) France
B) Spain
C) Ottoman Empire
D) China
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