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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. Who kept order as Peter embarked on the "Great Embassy"?
(a) Streltsy.
(b) Novodevichy.
(c) Romodanovsky.
(d) Nikolaevna.

2. Golitsyn was responsible for what foreign policy highpoint of the Regency?
(a) Return of Perm to Russian control.
(b) Return of Moscow to Russian control.
(c) Return of Kiev to Russian control.
(d) Return of Kazan to Russian control.

3. In 1695, Peter attacked Azov, the Turkish fortress, to end Tatar raids in the Ukraine and gain access to which sea?
(a) Mediterranean Sea.
(b) Red Sea.
(c) Baltic Sea.
(d) Black Sea.

4. Charles XII hoped to ally with Hetman Mazeppa, the Cossack who had been waiting for an opportunity to win independence for ___________.
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Thirty years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Forty years.

5. Where did Peter build an outpost that grew into the Kronstadt naval base?
(a) Gotland Island.
(b) Bornholm Island.
(c) Wolin Island.
(d) Kotlin Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. Peter was able to launch a disciplined infantry line which enveloped ________/

2. Charles XII ordered the Poles to join him, hoping who would aid him?

3. William III was not ready when he met Peter during the "Great Embassy" to ally against which group?

4. Martha Skavronskaya, a peasant girl Sheremetev captured, later became Peter's wife and successor as _________.

5. In Chapter 25, Peter attacked a 13th-century Estonian seaport fortress that was defended by how many men?

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