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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1695, Peter attacked Azov, the Turkish fortress, to end Tatar raids in the Ukraine and gain access to which sea?
(a) Red Sea.
(b) Baltic Sea.
(c) Mediterranean Sea.
(d) Black Sea.

2. While he maintained his devotion to Orthodoxy, Peter investigated Anglicanism and was fascinated by which denomination?
(a) Quakers.
(b) Unitarians.
(c) Episcopalians.
(d) Methodists.

3. What happened to Peter's great fleet when he sent an envoy on the first Russian warship to enter the Black Sea?
(a) Engaged in future warfare service.
(b) Rotted unused for lack of purpose.
(c) Relinquished as part of the truce.
(d) Sold, leaving sailors to march back.

4. What did Peter use to assess the plot and rid himself of the menace?
(a) Interrogations.
(b) Threats.
(c) Tortues.
(d) Bribes.

5. Upset by Sophia, whom did the boyars rally around?
(a) The Natalyas.
(b) The Nerchinks.
(c) The Naryshkins.
(d) The Nesterovs.

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

7. After serfs and peasants were drafted by the thousands for unskilled shipbuilding labor, what work moved swiftly despite what?
(a) High desertion and death rates, minimal machinery,
(b) High desertion and death rates, no machinery,
(c) High desertion and death rates, poor machinery,
(d) Moderate desertion and death rates, no machinery,

8. Reports that the Streltsy were marching against him sent Peter in flight by night to the historic Troitsky Monastery______________.
(a) On Angarsk.
(b) On Nizhnevartovsk.
(c) On Veliky Novgorod.
(d) On Preobrazhenskoe.

9. In Chapter 7, Sophia installed new cohorts including her lover, Prince Vasily Golitsyn, and which others?
(a) Financial advisor, religious minister.
(b) Prime minister, cultural counselor.
(c) Chief advisor, principle minister.
(d) Defense minister, political advisor.

10. In Chapter 25, Peter attacked a 13th-century Estonian seaport fortress that was defended by how many men?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 1,900.
(c) 1,100.
(d) 700.

11. In Chapter 12, Peter felt the need to shore up a dying anti-Turkish alliance and European worries grew regarding whose ambitions?
(a) Charles CI.
(b) Mary II.
(c) Philip IV.
(d) Louis XIV.

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

13. The new army under Sheremetev used artillery rebuilt from scratch using melted down iron from _______.
(a) Cemetery and church gates.
(b) Church bells.
(c) Tools, farming implements.
(d) Old cannons.

14. Who kept order as Peter embarked on the "Great Embassy"?
(a) Nikolaevna.
(b) Streltsy.
(c) Novodevichy.
(d) Romodanovsky.

15. 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) Months.
(c) Years.
(d) Weeks.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The "Great Embassy" ended abruptly before a trip to ________________because word came that the Streltsy were rebelling?

4. 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?

5. Peter won over the Patriarch, threatened to kill any who opposed him, and then commanded all foreign officers to do what?

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