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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. On which bank did Peter's and others' mansions rise?
(a) West.
(b) East.
(c) South.
(d) North.

2. "Great Embassy" member in Russia felt that Europeans who embraced music, art, literature, and science were _________.
(a) "Iconoclasts."
(b) "Heretics."
(c) "Pagans."
(d) "Agnostics."

3. Why was it that Peter's 1717 visit to France yielded no diplomatic fruit?
(a) Councillor of State was set to ally with England, George II hated Peter.
(b) Regent were set to ally with England, George I hated Peter.
(c) Regent were set to ally with England, George II hated Peter.
(d) Councillor of State was set to ally with England, George I hated Peter.

4. How did Sophia use Fedor's funeral to break tradition?
(a) Mourned, raged publicly.
(b) Mourned, cried publicly.
(c) Mourned, prayed privately.
(d) Mourned, chanted publicly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. William III met Peter, long an admirer of his military exploits against _____________.

2. Peter was shown in Chapter 29 as an autocrat over the vast country which he divided into how many governorships?

3. With Severia lost, where did Charles XII go?

4. Eudoxia Lopukhina bore Peter __________ before they were estranged.

5. In what year did Martha Skavronskaya, Peter's wife, begin bearing his children?

(see the answer key)

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