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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. Reports that the Streltsy were marching against him sent Peter in flight by night to the historic Troitsky Monastery______________.
(a) On Angarsk.
(b) On Nizhnevartovsk.
(c) On Preobrazhenskoe.
(d) On Veliky Novgorod.

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

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

4. After Charles XII was led into a trap, what did he and his troops lose?
(a) Warm quarters.
(b) Dry gunpowder.
(c) Safe retreat.
(d) Food rations.

5. Frederick of Denmark dropped out of the conflict following what?
(a) Totally bloodless campaign.
(b) Very bloody campaign.
(c) Nearly bloodless campaign.
(d) Near annihilation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What title of Chapter 39 reflected the celebration of deliverance and foreign capitals that offered dynastic marriages and treaties?

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

3. Who died in 1715 after giving birth to Peter, a son?

4. The King of Poland convinced Peter to undertake a joint war against which nation?

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

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