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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, On the European Stage, Chapters 53-57.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did Peter tax after his eventual triumph at Azov?
(a) Landowners, commoners.
(b) Merchants, landowners.
(c) The church, merchants.
(d) Landowners, the church.

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

3. Peter failed in his efforts with Leopold I to gain an ally against the Turks, as Austria was seeking peace in anticipation of new warfare in _____________.
(a) The East.
(b) The West.
(c) The South.
(d) The North.

4. England's William I, who had sent the fleet each summer to advance Hanover's interests, reversed alliances for what reason?
(a) To thwart Russian mastery of the Bothnia.
(b) To thwart Russian mastery of the Barents.
(c) To thwart Russian mastery of the Baltic.
(d) To thwart Russian mastery of the Caspian.

5. What title of Chapter 19 encapsulated Russian punishment methods?
(a) "Fire and Brimstone".
(b) "Fire and Knout."
(c) "Fire and Rope".
(d) "Fire and Death".

Short Answer Questions

1. Which new fleet did Peter use in Chapter 44?

2. In Chapter 3, who was Sophia?

3. Seeking to restore old Moscow, Charles XII takes a direct thrust at Russia's heart rather than first restoring which sea?

4. The rulers of which two Christian principalities secretly agreed to help in fighting Turkey?

5. For how many years was Anna Mons the mistress of Peter?

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