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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. Adopting the synodal government mode he had seen in Europe, Peter included it in his Ecclesiastical Regulation in what year?
(a) 1721.
(b) 1720.
(c) 1718.
(d) 1719.

2. Chapter 5 provided background on the "Old Believers" revolt against ritual reforms in the church that dated from ___________.
(a) Genghis Khan's day.
(b) Peter's day.
(c) Alexis' day.
(d) Brutus' day.

3. Catherine first married Peter quietly in _______, and later, with full pomp in ________.
(a) 1709, 1710.
(b) 1705, 1706.
(c) 1711, 1712.
(d) 1707, 1708.

4. Peter engaged which philosopher to oversee administrative, educational, and legal reforms?
(a) Gottfried von Leibniz.
(b) Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt.
(c) Stanislaus Lesczynski.
(d) Francis Lefort.

5. How long did it take to build the Fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul by hand?
(a) Twenty months.
(b) Ten months.
(c) Fifteen months.
(d) Five months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Peter won over the Patriarch, threatened to kill any who opposed him, and then commanded all foreign officers to do what?

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

3. Chapter 15 reflected William III, simultaneously King of England and Stadholder of Holland, as __________.

4. Peter was shown in Chapter 62 with a new interest in Persia as his gate to where?

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

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