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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. General Lewenhaupt was sent for a massive quantity of supplies, but his effort bogged down and cost the campaign of Charles XII how much time?
(a) Days.
(b) Nearly a year.
(c) Months.
(d) Weeks.

2. William III met Peter, long an admirer of his military exploits against _____________.
(a) Protestantism.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) The Greek Orthodox Church.

3. What was William III doing in Holland when the "Great Embassy" arrived?
(a) Preparing for a war abroad,
(b) Concluding two separate wars,
(c) Concluding one war, preparing for another,
(d) Conducting two wars simultaneously.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did the author note Peter seemed to identify as the key while he embarked on his "Great Embassy" travels?

4. Where did Alexis finally seek asylum after originally being ordered by Peter to go to Copenhagen?

5. According to Chapter 50, what had Peter been oblivious to and curious about before Paris in 1717?

(see the answer key)

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