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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 evaded an anti-Swedish alliance in Prussia to concentrate on whom?
(a) Turks.
(b) French.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Poles.

2. Which nations sided with Charles XII against Denmark to keep the European political status quo?
(a) England, Poland.
(b) Netherlands, Finland.
(c) Finland, Poland.
(d) England, Netherlands.

3. Chapter 36 brought spring's oppressive heat, but Charles XII rejected what at this point?
(a) His troops' call to flee.
(b) His officer's call to surrender.
(c) His officer's call to retreat.
(d) A peace feeler.

4. When did Charles XII launch his surprise campaign against Narva?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Spring.

5. Charles XII ordered the Poles to join him, hoping who would aid him?
(a) Zaporozhsky Tatars, Crimean Cossacks.
(b) Zaporozhsky and Crimean Tatars.
(c) Zaporozhsky Cossacks, Crimean Tatars.
(d) Zaporozhsky and Crimean Cossacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 35 showed the effects of which year's intense cold that gripped all of Europe?

2. After Charles XII was led into a trap, what did he and his troops lose?

3. The new army under Sheremetev used artillery rebuilt from scratch using melted down iron from _______.

4. What happened to Sophia after her inner circle was tortured and Peter refused to see her?

5. What happened to Peter's great fleet when he sent an envoy on the first Russian warship to enter the Black Sea?

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