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