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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Peter was shown in Chapter 6 as having preferred activities out of the way at _______________.
(a) Pitkyaranta.
(b) Preobrazhenskoe.
(c) Petrozavodsk.
(d) Pavlovsky Posad.

5. After invading the Kremlin, for how many days did Muscovy's soldiers kill boyars?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) A week.
(d) Three.

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

7. Sweden, overextended at the peak of its power, ruled Estonia, Ingria, Finland, Karelia, Western Pomerania, Livonia, and ports near what location?
(a) England.
(b) Spain.
(c) Croatia.
(d) Denmark.

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

9. 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 actions were predictable.
(b) Peter's exploits were well thought out.
(c) Peter's reasoning was systematic.
(d) Peter's moods swang unpredictably.

10. William III was not ready when he met Peter during the "Great Embassy" to ally against which group?
(a) Swedes.
(b) Poles.
(c) Turks.
(d) Greeks.

11. Chapter 5 provided background on the "Old Believers" revolt against ritual reforms in the church that dated from ___________.
(a) Peter's day.
(b) Alexis' day.
(c) Genghis Khan's day.
(d) Brutus' day.

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

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

14. As many fundamentalists rallied behind Archpriest Avvakum, where did others populate?
(a) The far south.
(b) The far north.
(c) The far east.
(d) The far west.

15. What was William III doing in Holland when the "Great Embassy" arrived?
(a) Concluding one war, preparing for another,
(b) Conducting two wars simultaneously.
(c) Concluding two separate wars,
(d) Preparing for a war abroad,

Short Answer Questions

1. Peter was humiliated across Europe when Swedes broke through what type of defenses that the Russians built at Narva?

2. Golitsyn was responsible for what foreign policy highpoint of the Regency?

3. The "Great Embassy" ended abruptly before a trip to ________________because word came that the Streltsy were rebelling?

4. Peter was treated as an upstart monarch, but he behaved with decorum as he was eager to meet Leopold I, master of _____________.

5. Which nations sided with Charles XII against Denmark to keep the European political status quo?

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