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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. The new army under Sheremetev used artillery rebuilt from scratch using melted down iron from _______.
(a) Old cannons.
(b) Church bells.
(c) Tools, farming implements.
(d) Cemetery and church gates.

2. What happened to Sophia after her inner circle was tortured and Peter refused to see her?
(a) She was banished to Golitsyn's place of exile.
(b) She was executed.
(c) She was forced to see the torture and execution of her inner circle.
(d) She was sent for life to Novodevichy Convent.

3. Who kept order as Peter embarked on the "Great Embassy"?
(a) Nikolaevna.
(b) Novodevichy.
(c) Streltsy.
(d) Romodanovsky.

4. Martha Skavronskaya, a peasant girl Sheremetev captured, later became Peter's wife and successor as _________.
(a) Martha I.
(b) Catherine II.
(c) Martha II.
(d) Catherine I.

5. How many Dutch specialists and officers did the "Great Embassy" send to Russia?
(a) 540.
(b) 640.
(c) 560.
(d) 460.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the founding of St. Petersburg transpire?

2. During the period when Peter built a warship, endangered himself with war games and fireworks, and ignored the Kremlin, what almost took his life?

3. What did Peter use to assess the plot and rid himself of the menace?

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

5. When Fedor died in 1682 without an heir, the choice was between Peter and ____________.

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