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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. How many Dutch specialists and officers did the "Great Embassy" send to Russia?
(a) 560.
(b) 460.
(c) 640.
(d) 540.

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

4. Sieges were preferred to open-field battle and frequently ended in what manner?
(a) Honorable surrender.
(b) Massive retreat.
(c) Minimal deaths.
(d) Religious sanctuary.

5. Peter was humiliated across Europe when Swedes broke through what type of defenses that the Russians built at Narva?
(a) Adequate.
(b) Inferior.
(c) Strong.
(d) Acceptable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 5 provided background on the "Old Believers" revolt against ritual reforms in the church that dated from ___________.

2. When Fedor died in 1682 without an heir, the choice was between Peter and ____________.

3. What was the result of Golitsyn's encounter with the Khan of the Crimea?

4. During the period when Peter built a warship, endangered himself with war games and fireworks, and ignored the Kremlin, what almost took his life?

5. After serfs and peasants were drafted by the thousands for unskilled shipbuilding labor, what work moved swiftly despite what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How was Sophia overthrown?

4. Peter ventured into Holland with his Great Embassy for what purpose?

5. How did the author describe London in the era Peter visited?

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

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

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

9. When Sophia became regent, what immediate test did she face?

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

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