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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What observation could be made about Peter given that he enjoyed Mock-Synod celebrations at Christmas and before Lent, stood with troops rather than the Patriarch at Epiphany when the Moscow River is blessed, and ended executions with bodies being buried as Lent begins?
(a) Peter's exploits were well thought out.
(b) Peter's actions were predictable.
(c) Peter's reasoning was systematic.
(d) Peter's moods swang unpredictably.

3. Leopold I promised not to relinquish gains Peter made at Azov, but he offered no assistance in gaining entry to which sea?
(a) Black Sea.
(b) Adriatic Sea.
(c) Baltic Sea.
(d) Mediterranean Sea.

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

5. In Chapter 3, who was Sophia?
(a) Aunt.
(b) Sister.
(c) Half-sister.
(d) Cousin.

6. Reports that the Streltsy were marching against him sent Peter in flight by night to the historic Troitsky Monastery______________.
(a) On Nizhnevartovsk.
(b) On Preobrazhenskoe.
(c) On Veliky Novgorod.
(d) On Angarsk.

7. Peter was humiliated across Europe when Swedes broke through what type of defenses that the Russians built at Narva?
(a) Adequate.
(b) Inferior.
(c) Strong.
(d) Acceptable.

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

9. 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.

10. 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 Russian feudal system.
(b) Affording peasants, not serfs, voting rights.
(c) Offering land in exchange for military service.
(d) Reforming the calendar and currency.

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

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

13. What was the result of Golitsyn's encounter with the Khan of the Crimea?
(a) One victorious campaign.
(b) Two failed campaigns.
(c) One failed and one victorious campaigns.
(d) One failed campaign.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The King of Poland convinced Peter to undertake a joint war against which nation?

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

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

4. When was Peter born?

5. In what year did Peter first visit Archangel, Russia's only port near the Arctic Circle?

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