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

2. What was the name of the frigate Peter helped to construct?
(a) "Moscow."
(b) "Archangel."
(c) "Amsterdam."
(d) "Rotterdam."

3. After Charles XII was led into a trap, what did he and his troops lose?
(a) Food rations.
(b) Dry gunpowder.
(c) Safe retreat.
(d) Warm quarters.

4. Charles XII hoped to ally with Hetman Mazeppa, the Cossack who had been waiting for an opportunity to win independence for ___________.
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Forty years.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) Ten years.

5. Entering Peter's world through Lefort, how did Massie describe Alexander Menshikov in Chapter 28?
(a) Fearless, edutated, dangerous.
(b) Educated, calculating, fearless.
(c) Talented, greedy, dangerous.
(d) Calculating, greedy, talented.

Short Answer Questions

1. Peter was shown in Chapter 6 as having preferred activities out of the way at _______________.

2. Seventeenth century European wars were shown to be steadily growing in deadliness and scope, yet what rules were they still obeying?

3. 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?

4. Peter engaged which philosopher to oversee administrative, educational, and legal reforms?

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

(see the answer key)

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