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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Peter's passion for sailing began when he and his tutor found, refurbished, and took a boat out on what lake?
(a) Pervomaysk.
(b) Pavlovsk.
(c) Pleschev.
(d) Preobrazhenskoe.

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

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

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

10. Which two carousing groups did Peter form that convinced many he was the Antichrist?
(a) "Merry Helmsmen" and "Roistering Angels."
(b) "Imbibing Crewmen" and "Happy Swordsmen."
(c) "Jolly Muskateers" and "Laughing Bandits."
(d) "Jolly Company" and "Drunken Synod."

11. Seventeenth century European wars were shown to be steadily growing in deadliness and scope, yet what rules were they still obeying?
(a) Use of shields, swords, spears.
(b) Use of catapults, horses, caissons.
(c) Seasonal campaigning.
(d) Afternoon tea sessions.

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

13. In Chapter 12, Peter felt the need to shore up a dying anti-Turkish alliance and European worries grew regarding whose ambitions?
(a) Mary II.
(b) Louis XIV.
(c) Philip IV.
(d) Charles CI.

14. The Streltsy mobilized against rumors that Peter would kill whom in Chapter 8?
(a) Sophia, Eudoxia.
(b) Prince Golitsyn, Ivan.
(c) Sophia, Prince Golitsyn.
(d) Ivan, Sophia.

15. Peter dealt harshly with robbers and beggars, especially ones who ________________.
(a) Threatened children.
(b) Threatened foreigners.
(c) Threatened women.
(d) Threatened the ill or handicapped.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Charles XII launch his surprise campaign against Narva?

2. Peter could be easily identified and thronged until he was set up securely in which dockyard?

3. Chapter 24 summarized Charles XII's youth and stressed his love of military science and adventure before he took the throne at what age?

4. The new army under Sheremetev used artillery rebuilt from scratch using melted down iron from _______.

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

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