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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. Peter won over the Patriarch, threatened to kill any who opposed him, and then commanded all foreign officers to do what?
(a) Leave, return home.
(b) Lay down their arms.
(c) Rally behind him.
(d) Surrender or face death.

2. Chapter 15 reflected William III, simultaneously King of England and Stadholder of Holland, as __________.
(a) Sovereign Prince of Champagne-Ardenne,
(b) Sovereign Prince of Orange,
(c) Sovereign Prince of Bordeaux,
(d) Sovereign Prince of Buckingham,

3. Peter's passion for sailing began when he and his tutor found, refurbished, and took a boat out on what lake?
(a) Pleschev.
(b) Preobrazhenskoe.
(c) Pervomaysk.
(d) Pavlovsk.

4. Peter dealt harshly with robbers and beggars, especially ones who ________________.
(a) Threatened children.
(b) Threatened the ill or handicapped.
(c) Threatened foreigners.
(d) Threatened women.

5. In what year did Martha Skavronskaya, Peter's wife, begin bearing his children?
(a) 1705.
(b) 1709.
(c) 1707.
(d) 1711.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was William III doing in Holland when the "Great Embassy" arrived?

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

3. In Chapter 38, the Swedes were entrapped, and they convinced Charles XII to flee to what territory?

4. Largely due to Peter Tolstoy's diplomacy, which group remained out of the Northern War?

5. What title of Chapter 39 reflected the celebration of deliverance and foreign capitals that offered dynastic marriages and treaties?

(see the answer key)

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