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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, On the European Stage, Chapters 48-52.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Due to the French monarch's age, who served as Regent for Louis XV?
(a) Abbé Guillaume Duboi.
(b) Charles Eugene, Duc Du Croy.
(c) Philippe, Duc d'Orléans.
(d) Anthony Devier.

2. According to Chapter 50, what had Peter been oblivious to and curious about before Paris in 1717?
(a) Oblivious to majesty, curious about everything.
(b) Oblivious to grandeur, curious about architecture.
(c) Oblivious to resplendence, curious about theater.
(d) Oblivious to pomp, curious about museums.

3. What did the author note Peter seemed to identify as the key while he embarked on his "Great Embassy" travels?
(a) Religious tolerance.
(b) International mercantilism.
(c) Naval dominance.
(d) Civil acceptance.

4. Peter evaded an anti-Swedish alliance in Prussia to concentrate on whom?
(a) French.
(b) Turks.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Poles.

5. Peter in 1704 seized Narva and Dorpat to protect _______and restore the army's honor.
(a) St. Petersburg.
(b) .Nizhny Novgorod.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Novosibirsk

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Louis XV related to Louis XIV?

2. In what year did Martha Skavronskaya, Peter's wife, begin bearing his children?

3. How long did Peter work at the Dutch company to learn his trade?

4. "Great Embassy" member in Russia felt that Europeans who embraced music, art, literature, and science were _________.

5. Entering Peter's world through Lefort, how did Massie describe Alexander Menshikov in Chapter 28?

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