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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. Russia captured Riga and _________.
(a) Vyksa.
(b) Vysotsk.
(c) Vyborg,
(d) Vysokovsk.

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

3. Peter was treated as an upstart monarch, but he behaved with decorum as he was eager to meet Leopold I, master of _____________.
(a) Central Europe.
(b) Southern Europe.
(c) All nations surrounding the Black Sea.
(d) Eastern Europe.

4. When did Charles XII launch his surprise campaign against Narva?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Spring.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Frederick of Denmark dropped out of the conflict following what?

2. What was Peter's view of his niece's marriage?

3. Where did Alexis finally seek asylum after originally being ordered by Peter to go to Copenhagen?

4. The "Great Embassy" ended abruptly before a trip to ________________because word came that the Streltsy were rebelling?

5. Ulrika, the sister of Charles XII, assumed the throne and ordered Goertz beheaded, which left Sweden as a _________.

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