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

2. When Ivan and Peter were crowned as co-tsars, Sophia took over as __________.
(a) Regent.
(b) Governor.
(c) Queen.
(d) Princess.

3. Frederick of Denmark dropped out of the conflict following what?
(a) Very bloody campaign.
(b) Nearly bloodless campaign.
(c) Near annihilation.
(d) Totally bloodless campaign.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Peter was concerned by the loss at Narva, but he spared nothing to outfit and train his new army under whom?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Peter's distinguishing physical characteristics when he was age 22?

2. Why did Peter select the location he did for St. Petersburg?

3. What intentional humiliations did former elite troops that comprised old Muscovite armies sustain following Sophia's downfall?

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

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

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

7. Why did Peter's Great Embassy amaze his countrymen?

8. How was Sophia overthrown?

9. How did Sophia attempt to ensure that her brief state of thriving during Fedor's time continued following his death?

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

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