Prologue-Chapter 4

Reading Check

1. For the 200th anniversary of St. Petersburg (Prologue)

2. His grandfather Tsar Alexander II (Chapter 1)

3. Queen Victoria of England (Chapter 1)

4. Seraphim (Chapter 3)

5. Hemophilia (Chapter 3)

6. Bloody Sunday (Chapter 4)

Short Answer

1. They are described as awkward and shy. One noble described Alexandra as being on the verge of tears. (Prologue)

2. Tsar Nicholas II is described as the richest monarch in the world, while the poor in Russia live on cabbage soup with little meat in tiny, dark, windowless rooms. (Prologue)

3. Nicholas II’s father is described as a bearlike man with an iron fist. He rejects his son because Nicholas is gentle and shy. (Chapter 1)

4. She begins to embrace her new religion by seeking out the miraculous and the mystical. (Chapter 1)

5. On the day of their coronation, there are rumors that there will not be enough gifts and food for everyone. A stampede results from that fear, and 1,400 people are crushed to death.