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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. 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) Affording peasants, not serfs, voting rights.
(b) Reforming Russian feudal system.
(c) Offering land in exchange for military service.
(d) Reforming the calendar and currency.

2. How long did it take to build the Fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul by hand?
(a) Twenty months.
(b) Five months.
(c) Fifteen months.
(d) Ten months.

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

4. Chapter 35 showed the effects of which year's intense cold that gripped all of Europe?
(a) 1709.
(b) 1707.
(c) 1706.
(d) 1708.

5. What happened to Peter's great fleet when he sent an envoy on the first Russian warship to enter the Black Sea?
(a) Engaged in future warfare service.
(b) Rotted unused for lack of purpose.
(c) Sold, leaving sailors to march back.
(d) Relinquished as part of the truce.

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. Peter was careful to wander, survey, and practice all that he saw Western technology and science reveal, and he dedicated himself to ____________.

3. Despite people's pleas, Charles XII vowed to make which group join him or face annihilation?

4. Frederick of Denmark dropped out of the conflict following what?

5. Chapter 37 described a clash that was most effective because of Rehnskjold's failure to share what with fellow generals?

(see the answer key)

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