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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 the ill or handicapped.
(b) Threatened foreigners.
(c) Threatened children.
(d) Threatened women.

2. Peter was treated as an upstart monarch, but he behaved with decorum as he was eager to meet Leopold I, master of _____________.
(a) Central Europe.
(b) Eastern Europe.
(c) All nations surrounding the Black Sea.
(d) Southern Europe.

3. Which friend did Peter bury In March, 1699?
(a) Vinius.
(b) Korb.
(c) Lefort.
(d) Gordon.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sophia surveyed the plight of women in 17th-century Russia and ______________in particular.

2. While he maintained his devotion to Orthodoxy, Peter investigated Anglicanism and was fascinated by which denomination?

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

4. When was Peter born?

5. Chapter 20 drew heavily on accounts by an Austrian named ______________________who depicts Peter partying as the events in the previous chapters unfold.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the astonishing test Peter applied to the welcome which noblemen offered him when he returned from the Great Embassy tour?

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

6. When he came to power, what was the confrontation Charles XII faced with Peter?

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

8. What sequence transpired that resulted in Peter coming to power?

9. How did King William find Peter shortly following his arrival in London?

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

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