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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, On the European Stage, Chapters 40-46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Martha Skavronskaya, Peter's wife, begin bearing his children?
(a) 1711.
(b) 1707.
(c) 1705.
(d) 1709.

2. After serfs and peasants were drafted by the thousands for unskilled shipbuilding labor, what work moved swiftly despite what?
(a) High desertion and death rates, poor machinery,
(b) High desertion and death rates, no machinery,
(c) High desertion and death rates, minimal machinery,
(d) Moderate desertion and death rates, no machinery,

3. Peter himself went incognito among the 250-member staff as whom?
(a) Peter Makarov.
(b) Peter Mikhailov.
(c) Peter Voznitsyn.
(d) Peter Golovin.

4. The "Great Embassy" was led by Lefort, two key diplomats, and ____________.
(a) "Engineers."
(b) "Students."
(c) "Educators."
(d) "Volunteers."

5. In Chapter 32, the Russians torched Poland to deny Charles provisions and bridges, and accomplish what else?
(a) Draft new forces.
(b) Position cannons across rivers.
(c) Insert blockades.
(d) Recruit additional forces.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years was Anna Mons the mistress of Peter?

2. During what year did Muscovy's soldiers believe Sophia's rumors of treachery?

3. St. Petersburg expanded from Petrograd Island onto the mainland, then downstream to where?

4. Charles XII went home to Sweden only after he took Danish Rügen. How many years had passed?

5. Charles XII hoped to ally with Hetman Mazeppa, the Cossack who had been waiting for an opportunity to win independence for ___________.

(see the answer key)

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