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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 could be easily identified and thronged until he was set up securely in which dockyard?
(a) Amserdam Shipping Company.
(b) East India Company.
(c) Rotterdam Naval Shipyard.
(d) Netherlands Nautical, Ltd.

2. When did the founding of St. Petersburg transpire?
(a) 1701.
(b) 1703.
(c) 1707.
(d) 1705.

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

4. What title of Chapter 39 reflected the celebration of deliverance and foreign capitals that offered dynastic marriages and treaties?
(a) "The Fruits of Perechyn."
(b) "The Fruits of Poltava."
(c) "The Fruits of Pervomaisk."
(d) "The Fruits of Pryluky."

5. Much of Charles XII's infantry wasted time on Peter's redoubts and was _________.
(a) Out of position for the main battle.
(b) Out of time for the main battle.
(c) Out of area where main battle transpires.
(d) Out of gunpowder for the main battle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Peter tax after his eventual triumph at Azov?

2. Reports that the Streltsy were marching against him sent Peter in flight by night to the historic Troitsky Monastery______________.

3. Sieges were preferred to open-field battle and frequently ended in what manner?

4. Which two carousing groups did Peter form that convinced many he was the Antichrist?

5. Sweden, overextended at the peak of its power, ruled Estonia, Ingria, Finland, Karelia, Western Pomerania, Livonia, and ports near what location?

(see the answer key)

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