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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. While his people yearned for peace, Charles XII drafted new troops, raised taxes, and was aided by Baron Georg Heinrich von Goertz in becoming what?
(a) Support, but not his brain.
(b) Both his voice and brain.
(c) His brain but not his voice.
(d) His voice if not his brain.

2. What observation could be made about Peter given that he enjoyed Mock-Synod celebrations at Christmas and before Lent, stood with troops rather than the Patriarch at Epiphany when the Moscow River is blessed, and ended executions with bodies being buried as Lent begins?
(a) Peter's exploits were well thought out.
(b) Peter's actions were predictable.
(c) Peter's reasoning was systematic.
(d) Peter's moods swang unpredictably.

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

4. In Chapter 9, Peter was shown enjoying his freedom for how many more years?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Charles XII was impatient, but a competent Russian attack surprised him when he crossed which waterway?

3. Despite people's pleas, Charles XII vowed to make which group join him or face annihilation?

4. Patriarch Nikon, who challenged Alexis and sternly enforced his own views, was deposed in what year?

5. Whom did Peter's son Alexis marry in Chapter 43?

(see the answer key)

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