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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. Although Mazeppa had run into his arms, why was Charles XII desperate?
(a) His army was divided, low on food and medicine.
(b) He was surrounded, low on food and gunpowder.
(c) He was deep in enemy territory, low on food and gunpowder.
(d) His troops wanted to surrender.

2. Peter in 1704 seized Narva and Dorpat to protect _______and restore the army's honor.
(a) Moscow.
(b) .Nizhny Novgorod.
(c) Novosibirsk
(d) St. Petersburg.

3. Peter failed in his efforts with Leopold I to gain an ally against the Turks, as Austria was seeking peace in anticipation of new warfare in _____________.
(a) The West.
(b) The East.
(c) The North.
(d) The South.

4. What did Peter use to assess the plot and rid himself of the menace?
(a) Tortues.
(b) Bribes.
(c) Interrogations.
(d) Threats.

5. Chapter 20 drew heavily on accounts by an Austrian named ______________________who depicts Peter partying as the events in the previous chapters unfold.
(a) Johann-Georg Korb.
(b) Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.
(c) Bernhard Victor Schmidt.
(d) Georg-Johann Korb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Much of Charles XII's infantry wasted time on Peter's redoubts and was _________.

2. In Chapter 29, where were open rebellions by Streltsy repressed?

3. Chapter 35 showed the effects of which year's intense cold that gripped all of Europe?

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

5. Peter conquered coastal Finland, invaded the Aland Islands, and seized how many ships off Cape Hangö in one summer?

(see the answer key)

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