PART A: Which TWO statements best describe the central ideas of the passage? A Differing accounts exist about the life and death of Rasputin, a mysterious and controversial historical figure.
B Rasputin spent decades gaining the royal family’s trust so that he could eventually rule the Russian Empire.
C Rasputin was a divine man whose powers of prediction made him a valued advisor to the royal family.
D Although accounts often portray Rasputin as a supernatural individual, he was in reality just a German spy.
E Rasputin’s relationship with the royal family contributed to the instability of the Russian Empire in its final years.
F After the peasant Rasputin’s death, his infuriated followers took to the streets and sparked the Russian Revolution.