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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After serfs and peasants were drafted by the thousands for unskilled shipbuilding labor, what work moved swiftly despite what?
(a) Moderate desertion and death rates, no machinery,
(b) High desertion and death rates, no machinery,
(c) High desertion and death rates, poor machinery,
(d) High desertion and death rates, minimal machinery,

2. Whom did Peter tax after his eventual triumph at Azov?
(a) Landowners, the church.
(b) Landowners, commoners.
(c) Merchants, landowners.
(d) The church, merchants.

3. In Chapter 7, Sophia installed new cohorts including her lover, Prince Vasily Golitsyn, and which others?
(a) Chief advisor, principle minister.
(b) Defense minister, political advisor.
(c) Prime minister, cultural counselor.
(d) Financial advisor, religious minister.

4. Golitsyn was responsible for what foreign policy highpoint of the Regency?
(a) Return of Moscow to Russian control.
(b) Return of Kazan to Russian control.
(c) Return of Perm to Russian control.
(d) Return of Kiev to Russian control.

5. What title of Chapter 19 encapsulated Russian punishment methods?
(a) "Fire and Death".
(b) "Fire and Knout."
(c) "Fire and Brimstone".
(d) "Fire and Rope".

6. Frederick of Denmark dropped out of the conflict following what?
(a) Nearly bloodless campaign.
(b) Totally bloodless campaign.
(c) Very bloody campaign.
(d) Near annihilation.

7. The "Great Embassy" ended abruptly before a trip to ________________because word came that the Streltsy were rebelling?
(a) Dresden.
(b) Warsaw.
(c) Venice.
(d) Constantinople.

8. For how many years was Anna Mons the mistress of Peter?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eight.
(d) Six.

9. While he maintained his devotion to Orthodoxy, Peter investigated Anglicanism and was fascinated by which denomination?
(a) Methodists.
(b) Quakers.
(c) Unitarians.
(d) Episcopalians.

10. Where did Peter build an outpost that grew into the Kronstadt naval base?
(a) Wolin Island.
(b) Gotland Island.
(c) Bornholm Island.
(d) Kotlin Island.

11. Chapter 21 reflected Peter was back at his highest priority, finding in his shipyards any waste, shortages, or ________.
(a) New ideas.
(b) Rewardable efforts.
(c) Sullen workers.
(d) Punishable activities.

12. Peter won over the Patriarch, threatened to kill any who opposed him, and then commanded all foreign officers to do what?
(a) Lay down their arms.
(b) Rally behind him.
(c) Surrender or face death.
(d) Leave, return home.

13. Patkul, an anti-Swede from __________, stirred Peter and Augustus to action against Charles XII?
(a) Karelia.
(b) Ingria.
(c) Estonia.
(d) Livonia,

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

15. When did the founding of St. Petersburg transpire?
(a) 1701.
(b) 1705.
(c) 1703.
(d) 1707.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since Peter needed a more systematic approach to naval concerns, he visited England. How long was he in England?

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

3. Why did Peter go incognito to complete his education?

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

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

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