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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Peter go incognito to complete his education?
(a) To escape possible ridicule.
(b) To avoid the hated ceremony.
(c) For fear of attack.
(d) To gain military intelligence.

2. Sophia surveyed the plight of women in 17th-century Russia and ______________in particular.
(a) Peasant women.
(b) Women serfs.
(c) Female students, housed in a school "terem."
(d) Royal sisters.

3. Peter evaded an anti-Swedish alliance in Prussia to concentrate on whom?
(a) Spanish.
(b) French.
(c) Poles.
(d) Turks.

4. What were some ways Peter broke tradition beyond freeing himself of Eudoxia, shaving nobles' beards, and using decorations in lieu of land as rewards?
(a) Reforming the calendar and currency.
(b) Reforming Russian feudal system.
(c) Affording peasants, not serfs, voting rights.
(d) Offering land in exchange for military service.

5. What did Peter use to assess the plot and rid himself of the menace?
(a) Bribes.
(b) Tortues.
(c) Threats.
(d) Interrogations.

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

7. Peter himself went incognito among the 250-member staff as whom?
(a) Peter Makarov.
(b) Peter Mikhailov.
(c) Peter Voznitsyn.
(d) Peter Golovin.

8. Eudoxia Lopukhina bore Peter __________ before they were estranged.
(a) A son.
(b) Twin sons.
(c) A son and a daughter.
(d) A daughter.

9. Chapter 20 drew heavily on accounts by an Austrian named ______________________who depicts Peter partying as the events in the previous chapters unfold.
(a) Johann-Georg Korb.
(b) Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.
(c) Bernhard Victor Schmidt.
(d) Georg-Johann Korb.

10. William III met Peter, long an admirer of his military exploits against _____________.
(a) The Greek Orthodox Church.
(b) Protestantism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Catholicism.

11. What happened to Peter's great fleet when he sent an envoy on the first Russian warship to enter the Black Sea?
(a) Sold, leaving sailors to march back.
(b) Engaged in future warfare service.
(c) Relinquished as part of the truce.
(d) Rotted unused for lack of purpose.

12. 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) Sweden.
(b) Finland.
(c) Holland.
(d) Poland.

13. Peter could be easily identified and thronged until he was set up securely in which dockyard?
(a) East India Company.
(b) Amserdam Shipping Company.
(c) Netherlands Nautical, Ltd.
(d) Rotterdam Naval Shipyard.

14. What did the author note Peter seemed to identify as the key while he embarked on his "Great Embassy" travels?
(a) Naval dominance.
(b) Civil acceptance.
(c) International mercantilism.
(d) Religious tolerance.

15. Sieges were preferred to open-field battle and frequently ended in what manner?
(a) Religious sanctuary.
(b) Honorable surrender.
(c) Massive retreat.
(d) Minimal deaths.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ivan and Peter were crowned as co-tsars, Sophia took over as __________.

2. Peter was concerned by the loss at Narva, but he spared nothing to outfit and train his new army under whom?

3. The foes that surrounded Orthodox Russia included Sweden, Poland, the Ottoman Empire, and which other enemy?

4. 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 _____________.

5. Leopold I promised not to relinquish gains Peter made at Azov, but he offered no assistance in gaining entry to which sea?

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