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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. In Chapter 33, some 35,000 Swedes were against 57,500 Russians, with how many reinforcements respectively?
(a) 70,000, 110,000.
(b) 110,000, 70,000.
(c) 30,000, 70,000.
(d) 50,000, 90,000.

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

3. What did the author note Peter seemed to identify as the key while he embarked on his "Great Embassy" travels?
(a) Religious tolerance.
(b) Civil acceptance.
(c) International mercantilism.
(d) Naval dominance.

4. From where did Peter seek a mediator or ally after determining that fanatical Charles XII was certain to invade Russia?
(a) Denmark, France, Livonia, Netherlands, Western Poland.
(b) Britain, Estonia, France, Ingria, Netherlands.
(c) Britain, Denmark, Finland, Karelia, Prussia.
(d) Britain, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Prussia.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 32, the Russians torched Poland to deny Charles provisions and bridges, and accomplish what else?

3. Peter could be easily identified and thronged until he was set up securely in which dockyard?

4. Peter's westward travels in 1716-1717 had the following three goals: to recover his health, to attend his niece's wedding, and to __________.

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

(see the answer key)

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