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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, The Great Northern War, Chapters 22-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sweden, overextended at the peak of its power, ruled Estonia, Ingria, Finland, Karelia, Western Pomerania, Livonia, and ports near what location?
(a) Denmark.
(b) Spain.
(c) Croatia.
(d) England.

2. What did Peter use to assess the plot and rid himself of the menace?
(a) Tortues.
(b) Threats.
(c) Bribes.
(d) Interrogations.

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

4. When was Peter born?
(a) June 30, 1672.
(b) May 30, 1672.
(c) August 30, 1672.
(d) April 30, 1672.

5. Patriarch Nikon, who challenged Alexis and sternly enforced his own views, was deposed in what year?
(a) 1660.
(b) 1664.
(c) 1666.
(d) 1662.

Short Answer Questions

1. From Voronezh where he displayed power and obtained a treaty with the Turks when Baltic fighting started, Peter set out to reclaim what?

2. What title of Chapter 19 encapsulated Russian punishment methods?

3. "Great Embassy" member in Russia felt that Europeans who embraced music, art, literature, and science were _________.

4. What observation could be made about Peter given that he enjoyed Mock-Synod celebrations at Christmas and before Lent, stood with troops rather than the Patriarch at Epiphany when the Moscow River is blessed, and ended executions with bodies being buried as Lent begins?

5. Seventeenth century European wars were shown to be steadily growing in deadliness and scope, yet what rules were they still obeying?

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