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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) Months.
(b) Days.
(c) Weeks.
(d) Nearly a year.

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

3. When Peter ordered the fortress at Grodno abandoned, Charles XII was freed to invade what region?
(a) Bohemia.
(b) Waserbergland.
(c) Saxony.
(d) Schwarzwald.

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

5. Why was it that Peter's 1717 visit to France yielded no diplomatic fruit?
(a) Regent were set to ally with England, George II hated Peter.
(b) Councillor of State was set to ally with England, George II hated Peter.
(c) Regent were set to ally with England, George I hated Peter.
(d) Councillor of State was set to ally with England, George I hated Peter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Despite people's pleas, Charles XII vowed to make which group join him or face annihilation?

3. From where did Peter seek a mediator or ally after determining that fanatical Charles XII was certain to invade Russia?

4. Upon meeting King Louis XV, Peter shocked the French by lifting him up and ___________.

5. Why did Peter go incognito to complete his education?

(see the answer key)

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