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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 himself went incognito among the 250-member staff as whom?
(a) Peter Makarov.
(b) Peter Mikhailov.
(c) Peter Golovin.
(d) Peter Voznitsyn.

2. William III was not ready when he met Peter during the "Great Embassy" to ally against which group?
(a) Poles.
(b) Swedes.
(c) Turks.
(d) Greeks.

3. Peter dealt grimly with the Streltsy after they marched _____________ to replace the absent Tsar.
(a) On Preobrazhenskoe.
(b) On Archangel.
(c) On Semyonovskoe.
(d) On Moscow.

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

5. Who was the King of Poland that Peter met en route home?
(a) Augustus II.
(b) Heinrich I.
(c) Augustus I.
(d) Wilhelm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was William III doing in Holland when the "Great Embassy" arrived?

2. In 1695, Peter attacked Azov, the Turkish fortress, to end Tatar raids in the Ukraine and gain access to which sea?

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

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

5. Peter won over the Patriarch, threatened to kill any who opposed him, and then commanded all foreign officers to do what?

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