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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) High desertion and death rates, no machinery,
(b) High desertion and death rates, poor machinery,
(c) High desertion and death rates, minimal machinery,
(d) Moderate desertion and death rates, no machinery,

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

3. Which nations sided with Charles XII against Denmark to keep the European political status quo?
(a) Finland, Poland.
(b) England, Poland.
(c) England, Netherlands.
(d) Netherlands, Finland.

4. During what year did Muscovy's soldiers believe Sophia's rumors of treachery?
(a) 1682.
(b) 16864.
(c) 1680.
(d) 1686.

5. Why did Peter go incognito to complete his education?
(a) To escape possible ridicule.
(b) To avoid the hated ceremony.
(c) For fear of attack.
(d) To gain military intelligence.

6. From Voronezh where he displayed power and obtained a treaty with the Turks when Baltic fighting started, Peter set out to reclaim what?
(a) Livonia, Ingria.
(b) Karelia, Ingria.
(c) Estonia, Karelia.
(d) Estonia, Livonia.

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

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

9. Who was the King of Poland that Peter met en route home?
(a) Wilhelm.
(b) Augustus II.
(c) Heinrich I.
(d) Augustus I.

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

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

12. Upset by Sophia, whom did the boyars rally around?
(a) The Naryshkins.
(b) The Nerchinks.
(c) The Natalyas.
(d) The Nesterovs.

13. How long did it take to build the Fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul by hand?
(a) Twenty months.
(b) Five months.
(c) Ten months.
(d) Fifteen months.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Peter dealt harshly with robbers and beggars, especially ones who ________________.

2. Seventeenth century European wars were shown to be steadily growing in deadliness and scope, yet what rules were they still obeying?

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

4. Peter was careful to wander, survey, and practice all that he saw Western technology and science reveal, and he dedicated himself to ____________.

5. Sweden, overextended at the peak of its power, ruled Estonia, Ingria, Finland, Karelia, Western Pomerania, Livonia, and ports near what location?

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