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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Peter dealt grimly with the Streltsy after they marched _____________ to replace the absent Tsar.
(a) On Moscow.
(b) On Archangel.
(c) On Semyonovskoe.
(d) On Preobrazhenskoe.

5. In what year did Peter first visit Archangel, Russia's only port near the Arctic Circle?
(a) 1693.
(b) 1695.
(c) 1699.
(d) 1697.

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

7. How long did Peter work at the Dutch company to learn his trade?
(a) Eight months.
(b) One year.
(c) Four months.
(d) Six months.

8. Peter was concerned by the loss at Narva, but he spared nothing to outfit and train his new army under whom?
(a) Brutus Sheremetev.
(b) Markus Sheremetev.
(c) Boris Sheremetev.
(d) Alexis Sheremetev.

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

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

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

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) Surrender or face death.
(c) Leave, return home.
(d) Rally behind him.

13. What was the name of the frigate Peter helped to construct?
(a) "Amsterdam."
(b) "Archangel."
(c) "Rotterdam."
(d) "Moscow."

14. Who kept order as Peter embarked on the "Great Embassy"?
(a) Streltsy.
(b) Nikolaevna.
(c) Novodevichy.
(d) Romodanovsky.

15. 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 West.
(b) The East.
(c) The North.
(d) The South.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the founding of St. Petersburg transpire?

2. What were some ways Peter broke tradition beyond freeing himself of Eudoxia, shaving nobles' beards, and using decorations in lieu of land as rewards?

3. As many fundamentalists rallied behind Archpriest Avvakum, where did others populate?

4. How long did it take to build the Fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul by hand?

5. Chapter 20 drew heavily on accounts by an Austrian named ______________________who depicts Peter partying as the events in the previous chapters unfold.

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