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

2. Peter evaded an anti-Swedish alliance in Prussia to concentrate on whom?
(a) French.
(b) Turks.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Poles.

3. Since Peter needed a more systematic approach to naval concerns, he visited England. How long was he in England?
(a) Eight months.
(b) Four months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Ten months.

4. With Severia lost, where did Charles XII go?
(a) Belarus.
(b) Lithuania.
(c) Slovakia.
(d) Ukraine.

5. Martha Skavronskaya, a peasant girl Sheremetev captured, later became Peter's wife and successor as _________.
(a) Martha II.
(b) Catherine II.
(c) Catherine I.
(d) Martha I.

Short Answer Questions

1. Peter, unaware if St. Petersburg or Moscow was the goal of Charles XII, set for both and burned a swath how long from Smolensk to Pskov?

2. From where did Peter seek a mediator or ally after determining that fanatical Charles XII was certain to invade Russia?

3. Which two carousing groups did Peter form that convinced many he was the Antichrist?

4. When was Peter born?

5. Which friend did Peter bury In March, 1699?

(see the answer key)

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