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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. While he maintained his devotion to Orthodoxy, Peter investigated Anglicanism and was fascinated by which denomination?
(a) Episcopalians.
(b) Unitarians.
(c) Quakers.
(d) Methodists.

2. Patriarch Nikon, who challenged Alexis and sternly enforced his own views, was deposed in what year?
(a) 1664.
(b) 1666.
(c) 1660.
(d) 1662.

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

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

5. "Great Embassy" member in Russia felt that Europeans who embraced music, art, literature, and science were _________.
(a) "Agnostics."
(b) "Iconoclasts."
(c) "Pagans."
(d) "Heretics."

Short Answer Questions

1. Which nations sided with Charles XII against Denmark to keep the European political status quo?

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

3. The "Great Embassy" ended abruptly before a trip to ________________because word came that the Streltsy were rebelling?

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

5. Golitsyn was responsible for what foreign policy highpoint of the Regency?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did Peter initially state was his aim in attacking Sweden in the Great Northern War?

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

7. What was Peter's key to power in Russia during the initial half of his life?

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

9. According to Chapter 9, what did Peter find in the German Suburb?

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

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