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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. What did the author note Peter seemed to identify as the key while he embarked on his "Great Embassy" travels?
(a) Religious tolerance.
(b) Civil acceptance.
(c) International mercantilism.
(d) Naval dominance.

2. Peter won over the Patriarch, threatened to kill any who opposed him, and then commanded all foreign officers to do what?
(a) Leave, return home.
(b) Rally behind him.
(c) Surrender or face death.
(d) Lay down their arms.

3. Peter was concerned by the loss at Narva, but he spared nothing to outfit and train his new army under whom?
(a) Alexis Sheremetev.
(b) Markus Sheremetev.
(c) Boris Sheremetev.
(d) Brutus Sheremetev.

4. William III met Peter, long an admirer of his military exploits against _____________.
(a) Protestantism.
(b) The Greek Orthodox Church.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Judaism.

5. Golitsyn was responsible for what foreign policy highpoint of the Regency?
(a) Return of Perm to Russian control.
(b) Return of Kiev to Russian control.
(c) Return of Kazan to Russian control.
(d) Return of Moscow to Russian control.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upset by Sophia, whom did the boyars rally around?

2. Peter evaded an anti-Swedish alliance in Prussia to concentrate on whom?

3. After invading the Kremlin, for how many days did Muscovy's soldiers kill boyars?

4. Peter was treated as an upstart monarch, but he behaved with decorum as he was eager to meet Leopold I, master of _____________.

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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