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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 Chapter 25, Peter attacked a 13th-century Estonian seaport fortress that was defended by how many men?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 1,100.
(c) 1,900.
(d) 700.

2. What were some ways Peter broke tradition beyond freeing himself of Eudoxia, shaving nobles' beards, and using decorations in lieu of land as rewards?
(a) Offering land in exchange for military service.
(b) Reforming the calendar and currency.
(c) Affording peasants, not serfs, voting rights.
(d) Reforming Russian feudal system.

3. Who was the King of Poland that Peter met en route home?
(a) Wilhelm.
(b) Augustus II.
(c) Augustus I.
(d) Heinrich I.

4. At what age did Peter lose his father?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

5. In 1695, Peter attacked Azov, the Turkish fortress, to end Tatar raids in the Ukraine and gain access to which sea?
(a) Black Sea.
(b) Baltic Sea.
(c) Mediterranean Sea.
(d) Red Sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. The "Great Embassy" was led by Lefort, two key diplomats, and ____________.

2. Peter was concerned by the loss at Narva, but he spared nothing to outfit and train his new army under whom?

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

4. The Streltsy mobilized against rumors that Peter would kill whom in Chapter 8?

5. Peter himself went incognito among the 250-member staff as whom?

(see the answer key)

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