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game[0][0]=new Array ("Alexander III replaced local JP's with what unpopular figures?","Land Captains","Factory Bosses","Serf Sergeants","Land Lieutenants","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][1]=new Array ("Alexander III replaced the Third Section with an even more powerful Secret Police called the...?","Okhrana","NKVD","Gestapo","KGB","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][2]=new Array ("In 1887 Alexander limited the education of peasantry by introducing school...?","Fees","Books ","Teachers","Blackboards","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][3]=new Array ("Alexander III's greatest reforming measure was perhaps the formation of the...?","Peasants' Land Bank","Okhrana","St. Petersburg Palace","KGB","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][4]=new Array ("What did Alexander III abolish in 1887, which the peasantry were grateful for?","Poll Tax","Serfdom","Factories","The Constitution","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][5]=new Array ("Which 1881 law allowed the military to impose martial law on unruly areas?","Exceptional Measures","State Security","Russia Safety","Unusual Situations","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][6]=new Array ("Alexander III pursued a vigorous policy of destroying national minorities, known as...?","Russification","Slavophilism","Westernisation","Nationalisation","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][7]=new Array ("Alexander III was greatly inspired in his drive for Russification by the German Chancellor...?","Bismarck","Napoleon","Frederick the Great","Friedrich Ebert","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][8]=new Array ("Which Minister of the Interior convinced Alexander III that there was a 'Diabolical conspiracy' of Poles and Jews?","Ignatiev","Stolypin","Witte","Shuvalov","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][9]=new Array ("Where was the worst pogrom of the Tsarist era?","Kishinev ","Moscow","St. Petersburg","Kiev","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][10]=new Array ("Alexander III's slogan was 'autocracy, orthodoxy and...'?","Nationality","Industrialisation","Serfdom","Aggression","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][11]=new Array ("Alexander III's reactionary nature was moulded by his tutor, named...?","Pobedonostev","Herzen","Plekhanov","Kropotkin","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][12]=new Array ("Alexander III only became Tsar following the death of his elder brother, named...?","Nicholas","Peter","Ivan","Romanai","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][13]=new Array ("One of Alexander's more impressive qualities as an autocrat was his height, which was...?","6 feet 4 inches","6 feet 5 inches","6 feet 6 inches","6 feet 7 inches","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][14]=new Array ("What was the name of the revolutionary who assassinated Alexander II?","Grinevetsky","Plekhanov","Marx","Rysakoff","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][0]=new Array ("Which historian described the 1891 famine as 'The defining event of the decade'?","Hutchinson","Starkey","von Ranke","Ulrich von Hutten","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][1]=new Array ("How many of Russia's 19 provinces were affected by the 1891 famine?","17","12","19","4","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][2]=new Array ("Which of the following were NOT turned into bread by desparate peasants during the 1891 famine?","Salami","Acorns","Leaves","Straw","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][3]=new Array ("What word did the government ban from newspapers using in 1891?","Famine","Tsar","Milyutin","Shuvalov","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][4]=new Array ("Overpopulation was one cause of the 1891 famine. The peasant population increased how much 1861-1913?","It doubled","It trebled","It quadrupled","It stayed about the same","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][5]=new Array ("Complete this notorious quote, which summarises the callousness of Tsardom: 'We shall go hungry, but we must...'","Export","Eat","drink vodka","go to the toilet","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][6]=new Array ("Who said 'We shall go hungry, but we must export'?","Vyshnygradsky","Witte","Tolstoy","Stolypin","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][7]=new Array ("An agricultural depression from which year dragged down Russia's economic progress?","1879","1881","1885","1899","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][8]=new Array ("What did Alexander III launch to help the victims of the 1891 famine?","Two state lotteries","Two big ships","Two colourful fireworks","Two loaves of bread","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][9]=new Array ("Who was placed in charge of the committee on famine relief?","Tsarevich Nicholas","Alexander III","The Tsarina","Bob Geldof","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][10]=new Array ("Which institutions took the leading role in organising famine relief, leading many to demand more power for them from the Tsar?","Zemstva","Mir","Land Captains","Kulaks","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][11]=new Array ("Who was Russia's visionary minister of finance between 1893-1903 who aimed to 'Save Russia by rapid and forceful industrialisation'?","Witte","Stolypin","Milyutin","Shuvalov","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][12]=new Array ("Witte immediately gained a loan from which country to finance his massive railway building programme?","France","Germany","USA","Wales","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][13]=new Array ("Who was the reactionary Minister of the Interior who demanded that peasants pay taxes through the Mir to stop them setting up independently?","Durnovo","Dynamo","Turnover","Rollover","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][14]=new Array ("How old was Alexander III when he died in 1894?","49","48","51","54","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");