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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. After Charles XII was led into a trap, what did he and his troops lose?
(a) Dry gunpowder.
(b) Warm quarters.
(c) Food rations.
(d) Safe retreat.

2. Charles XII went home to Sweden only after he took Danish Rügen. How many years had passed?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Nine.

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

4. Peter, unaware if St. Petersburg or Moscow was the goal of Charles XII, set for both and burned a swath how long from Smolensk to Pskov?
(a) 160 miles.
(b) 200 miles.
(c) 120 miles.
(d) 240 miles.

5. After his mother died, Peter returned to Archangel, launched a ship, almost drowned on another, and took delivery and command of a warship built where?
(a) Poland.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Finland.
(d) Holland.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Entering Peter's world through Lefort, how did Massie describe Alexander Menshikov in Chapter 28?

4. What was the result of Golitsyn's encounter with the Khan of the Crimea?

5. Chapter 45 showed Charles XII held in Adrianople for how long while Turkey and Russia concluded peace?

(see the answer key)

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