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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. Upon meeting King Louis XV, Peter shocked the French by lifting him up and ___________.
(a) Tickling, singing to him.
(b) Hugging, kissing him.
(c) Tossing, catching him.
(d) Holding, giving piggy-back rides.

2. Protestants sought to keep Charles XII apart from whom?
(a) Peter.
(b) Augusus II.
(c) Louis XIV.
(d) Leopold I.

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

4. Avoiding open warfare in Poland, where did the Russians retreat to?
(a) Kiev.
(b) Minsk.
(c) Riga.
(d) Vilnius.

5. "Great Embassy" member in Russia felt that Europeans who embraced music, art, literature, and science were _________.
(a) "Pagans."
(b) "Heretics."
(c) "Iconoclasts."
(d) "Agnostics."

Short Answer Questions

1. After how long did Peter bid the Regent and King farewell?

2. How was Louis XV related to Louis XIV?

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

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

5. Who kept order as Peter embarked on the "Great Embassy"?

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