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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, The Great Northern War, Chapters 34—39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Peter won over the Patriarch, threatened to kill any who opposed him, and then commanded all foreign officers to do what?
(a) Surrender or face death.
(b) Leave, return home.
(c) Rally behind him.
(d) Lay down their arms.

2. While retaining the Baltic lands, what did Peter allow them to keep?
(a) Methodist culture.
(b) Lutheran culture.
(c) Episcopalian culture.
(d) Catholic culture.

3. Peter was treated as an upstart monarch, but he behaved with decorum as he was eager to meet Leopold I, master of _____________.
(a) All nations surrounding the Black Sea.
(b) Eastern Europe.
(c) Southern Europe.
(d) Central Europe.

4. Charles XII broke traditions, proved rash in using disciplined troops, and forced battles. How long did it take for Russia to stand up to him?
(a) Weeks.
(b) Several decades.
(c) Years.
(d) Months.

5. What happened to Peter's great fleet when he sent an envoy on the first Russian warship to enter the Black Sea?
(a) Rotted unused for lack of purpose.
(b) Engaged in future warfare service.
(c) Relinquished as part of the truce.
(d) Sold, leaving sailors to march back.

Short Answer Questions

1. Patkul, an anti-Swede from __________, stirred Peter and Augustus to action against Charles XII?

2. During the period when Peter built a warship, endangered himself with war games and fireworks, and ignored the Kremlin, what almost took his life?

3. From Voronezh where he displayed power and obtained a treaty with the Turks when Baltic fighting started, Peter set out to reclaim what?

4. Golitsyn was responsible for what foreign policy highpoint of the Regency?

5. What did Peter use to assess the plot and rid himself of the menace?

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