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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 20 drew heavily on accounts by an Austrian named ______________________who depicts Peter partying as the events in the previous chapters unfold.
(a) Georg-Johann Korb.
(b) Bernhard Victor Schmidt.
(c) Johann-Georg Korb.
(d) Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.

2. Charles XII broke traditions, proved rash in using disciplined troops, and forced battles. How long did it take for Russia to stand up to him?
(a) Several decades.
(b) Years.
(c) Months.
(d) Weeks.

3. What observation could be made about Peter given that he enjoyed Mock-Synod celebrations at Christmas and before Lent, stood with troops rather than the Patriarch at Epiphany when the Moscow River is blessed, and ended executions with bodies being buried as Lent begins?
(a) Peter's moods swang unpredictably.
(b) Peter's actions were predictable.
(c) Peter's reasoning was systematic.
(d) Peter's exploits were well thought out.

4. How many Dutch specialists and officers did the "Great Embassy" send to Russia?
(a) 560.
(b) 460.
(c) 540.
(d) 640.

5. Chapter 1 described Moscow in what period?
(a) The 1650s.
(b) The 1680s.
(c) The 1670s.
(d) The 1660s.

6. Whom did Peter tax after his eventual triumph at Azov?
(a) Merchants, landowners.
(b) Landowners, commoners.
(c) Landowners, the church.
(d) The church, merchants.

7. Peter was careful to wander, survey, and practice all that he saw Western technology and science reveal, and he dedicated himself to ____________.
(a) Advancing international well-being.
(b) Using the same to conquer the West.
(c) Using the same to conquer Sweden.
(d) Achieving the same in Russia.

8. Peter was concerned by the loss at Narva, but he spared nothing to outfit and train his new army under whom?
(a) Markus Sheremetev.
(b) Brutus Sheremetev.
(c) Alexis Sheremetev.
(d) Boris Sheremetev.

9. How did Sophia use Fedor's funeral to break tradition?
(a) Mourned, cried publicly.
(b) Mourned, chanted publicly.
(c) Mourned, raged publicly.
(d) Mourned, prayed privately.

10. The "Great Embassy" was led by Lefort, two key diplomats, and ____________.
(a) "Students."
(b) "Volunteers."
(c) "Educators."
(d) "Engineers."

11. Chapter 21 reflected Peter was back at his highest priority, finding in his shipyards any waste, shortages, or ________.
(a) Punishable activities.
(b) New ideas.
(c) Rewardable efforts.
(d) Sullen workers.

12. How long did Peter send the "Great Embassy" to Europe to recruit and study?
(a) Eighteen months.
(b) Thirty months.
(c) Twenty-four months.
(d) Twelve months.

13. When did Charles XII launch his surprise campaign against Narva?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

14. When Peter lived openly in the German suburb among foreigners, which three important friends did he make?
(a) Patrick Gordon, Andrew Vinius, Francis Lefort.
(b) Sylvester Medvedev, Louis de Vauban, Alexander Danilovich.
(c) Sylvester Medvedev, Alexander Danilovich, Francis Lefort.
(d) Andrew Vinius, Louis de Vauban, Patrick Gordon.

15. Sophia surveyed the plight of women in 17th-century Russia and ______________in particular.
(a) Female students, housed in a school "terem."
(b) Women serfs.
(c) Royal sisters.
(d) Peasant women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Seventeenth century European wars were shown to be steadily growing in deadliness and scope, yet what rules were they still obeying?

2. Chapter 15 reflected William III, simultaneously King of England and Stadholder of Holland, as __________.

3. Martha Skavronskaya, a peasant girl Sheremetev captured, later became Peter's wife and successor as _________.

4. Leopold I promised not to relinquish gains Peter made at Azov, but he offered no assistance in gaining entry to which sea?

5. Peter dealt grimly with the Streltsy after they marched _____________ to replace the absent Tsar.

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