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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 7, Sophia installed new cohorts including her lover, Prince Vasily Golitsyn, and which others?
(a) Prime minister, cultural counselor.
(b) Defense minister, political advisor.
(c) Chief advisor, principle minister.
(d) Financial advisor, religious minister.

2. In 1695, Peter attacked Azov, the Turkish fortress, to end Tatar raids in the Ukraine and gain access to which sea?
(a) Baltic Sea.
(b) Red Sea.
(c) Mediterranean Sea.
(d) Black Sea.

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

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

5. 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) Markus Sheremetev.
(c) Brutus Sheremetev.
(d) Boris Sheremetev.

Short Answer Questions

1. Peter was shown in Chapter 6 as having preferred activities out of the way at _______________.

2. Peter himself went incognito among the 250-member staff as whom?

3. What title of Chapter 19 encapsulated Russian punishment methods?

4. The Streltsy mobilized against rumors that Peter would kill whom in Chapter 8?

5. What happened to Sophia after her inner circle was tortured and Peter refused to see her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What activities did Peter prefer to state ceremonies during Sophia's reign?

2. Why was Peter anxious to meet King William of England in Holland?

3. What was the youth of Charles XII of Sweden like?

4. What was Moscow like in Peter's youth?

5. What were some of the problems Peter found taking place in the shipyards at Voronezh when he returned from his Embassy tour?

6. How was Sophia overthrown?

7. Why was Peter unsuccessful in gaining an ally against the Turks when he met Leopold I?

8. What was Peter's response following his initial defeat against Charles XII?

9. What were some ways Peter treated Anna Mons differently after he returned from his Great Embassy tour?

10. What battle did Peter decide to engage in at age 22?

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