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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, On the European Stage, Chapters 48-52.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Dutch specialists and officers did the "Great Embassy" send to Russia?
(a) 540.
(b) 460.
(c) 560.
(d) 640.

2. Whom did Peter's son Alexis marry in Chapter 43?
(a) Princess Champagne.
(b) Princess Chevelle.
(c) Princess Cecilia.
(d) Princess Charlotte.

3. After how long did Peter bid the Regent and King farewell?
(a) Ten weeks.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Four weeks.
(d) Eight weeks.

4. Leopold I promised not to relinquish gains Peter made at Azov, but he offered no assistance in gaining entry to which sea?
(a) Baltic Sea.
(b) Mediterranean Sea.
(c) Black Sea.
(d) Adriatic Sea.

5. Avoiding open warfare in Poland, where did the Russians retreat to?
(a) Vilnius.
(b) Minsk.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Riga.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Catherine first married Peter quietly in _______, and later, with full pomp in ________.

4. The rulers of which two Christian principalities secretly agreed to help in fighting Turkey?

5. What happened to Peter's great fleet when he sent an envoy on the first Russian warship to enter the Black Sea?

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