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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. What was Peter's view of his niece's marriage?
(a) Displeased him.
(b) No concern.
(c) Withheld judgment.
(d) Pleased him.

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

3. Entering Peter's world through Lefort, how did Massie describe Alexander Menshikov in Chapter 28?
(a) Calculating, greedy, talented.
(b) Educated, calculating, fearless.
(c) Fearless, edutated, dangerous.
(d) Talented, greedy, dangerous.

4. Charles XII was impatient, but a competent Russian attack surprised him when he crossed which waterway?
(a) Pripet River.
(b) Vistula River.
(c) Dnieper River.
(d) Dvina River.

5. How was Louis XV related to Louis XIV?
(a) Great grandson.
(b) Grandson.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Son.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who died in 1715 after giving birth to Peter, a son?

3. Peter evaded an anti-Swedish alliance in Prussia to concentrate on whom?

4. Protestants sought to keep Charles XII apart from whom?

5. Peter was careful to wander, survey, and practice all that he saw Western technology and science reveal, and he dedicated himself to ____________.

(see the answer key)

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