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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. Avoiding open warfare in Poland, where did the Russians retreat to?
(a) Minsk.
(b) Riga.
(c) Vilnius.
(d) Kiev.

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

3. Peter conquered coastal Finland, invaded the Aland Islands, and seized how many ships off Cape Hangö in one summer?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Sixteen.

4. According to Chapter 50, what had Peter been oblivious to and curious about before Paris in 1717?
(a) Oblivious to resplendence, curious about theater.
(b) Oblivious to pomp, curious about museums.
(c) Oblivious to grandeur, curious about architecture.
(d) Oblivious to majesty, curious about everything.

5. Peter failed in his efforts with Leopold I to gain an ally against the Turks, as Austria was seeking peace in anticipation of new warfare in _____________.
(a) The East.
(b) The West.
(c) The North.
(d) The South.

Short Answer Questions

1. Charles XII went home to Sweden only after he took Danish Rügen. How many years had passed?

2. How was Louis XV related to Louis XIV?

3. Peter envisaged linking which rivers by canals, and later all of European Russia?

4. Chapter 21 reflected Peter was back at his highest priority, finding in his shipyards any waste, shortages, or ________.

5. Who told Alexis that surrendering was his only way of marrying Afrosina?

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