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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. According to Chapter 29, what positive improvements were part of Peter's reign?
(a) Condition of foreigners, technical education, public housing.
(b) Condition of deformed infants, tax reform, theater.
(c) Condition of elderly, medical developments, theater.
(d) Condition of women, language education, a newspaper.

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

3. In what year did Martha Skavronskaya, Peter's wife, begin bearing his children?
(a) 1709.
(b) 1707.
(c) 1705.
(d) 1711.

4. William III was not ready when he met Peter during the "Great Embassy" to ally against which group?
(a) Greeks.
(b) Turks.
(c) Swedes.
(d) Poles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. William III met Peter, long an admirer of his military exploits against _____________.

2. What was Peter's view of his niece's marriage?

3. In Chapter 12, Peter felt the need to shore up a dying anti-Turkish alliance and European worries grew regarding whose ambitions?

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

5. What was William III doing in Holland when the "Great Embassy" arrived?

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