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