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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. In what year did Peter first visit Archangel, Russia's only port near the Arctic Circle?
(a) 1697.
(b) 1693.
(c) 1699.
(d) 1695.

2. Tsar Alexis is described as what type of ruler?
(a) Monarch.
(b) Republican.
(c) Demigod.
(d) Democrat.

3. Chapter 15 reflected William III, simultaneously King of England and Stadholder of Holland, as __________.
(a) Sovereign Prince of Orange,
(b) Sovereign Prince of Champagne-Ardenne,
(c) Sovereign Prince of Bordeaux,
(d) Sovereign Prince of Buckingham,

4. The foes that surrounded Orthodox Russia included Sweden, Poland, the Ottoman Empire, and which other enemy?
(a) China.
(b) Spain.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Great Britain.

5. During the period when Peter built a warship, endangered himself with war games and fireworks, and ignored the Kremlin, what almost took his life?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Yellow fever.
(d) Hepatitis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sweden, overextended at the peak of its power, ruled Estonia, Ingria, Finland, Karelia, Western Pomerania, Livonia, and ports near what location?

2. Chapter 20 drew heavily on accounts by an Austrian named ______________________who depicts Peter partying as the events in the previous chapters unfold.

3. In Chapter 12, Peter felt the need to shore up a dying anti-Turkish alliance and European worries grew regarding whose ambitions?

4. How many Dutch specialists and officers did the "Great Embassy" send to Russia?

5. Since Peter needed a more systematic approach to naval concerns, he visited England. How long was he in England?

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