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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, The New Russia, Chapters 58-63 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did Peter send the "Great Embassy" to Europe to recruit and study?
(a) Twelve months.
(b) Thirty months.
(c) Eighteen months.
(d) Twenty-four months.

2. In what location were Alexis and Afrosinia initially hidden by Emperor Charles VI?
(a) Slovokia.
(b) Tyrol.
(c) Hungary.
(d) Turkey.

3. St. Petersburg expanded from Petrograd Island onto the mainland, then downstream to where?
(a) Decembrist's Island.
(b) Goloday Island.
(c) Vasilevsky Island.
(d) Dekabristov Island.

4. The King of Poland convinced Peter to undertake a joint war against which nation?
(a) Greece.
(b) Sweden.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.

5. Charles XII hoped to ally with Hetman Mazeppa, the Cossack who had been waiting for an opportunity to win independence for ___________.
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Forty years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Thirty years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alexis was formally denounced, yet was promised forgiveness on what condition?

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

3. Russia captured Riga and _________.

4. Unworried about a successor for Patriarch Adrian, which sycophantic reformist did Peter settle on to hold the interim role permanently?

5. Who was Catherine's successor after her death in January, 1727?

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