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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Peter was treated as an upstart monarch, but he behaved with decorum as he was eager to meet Leopold I, master of _____________.

3. Whom did Peter tax after his eventual triumph at Azov?

4. Peter failed in his efforts with Leopold I to gain an ally against the Turks, as Austria was seeking peace in anticipation of new warfare in _____________.

5. Leopold I promised not to relinquish gains Peter made at Azov, but he offered no assistance in gaining entry to which sea?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What significant affairs transpired during Sophia's reign?

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

5. Who was Russia's Fedor Golovin?

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

7. Who did Peter meet when his Embassy came to an end unexpectedly, and he headed home?

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

9. What took place for Peter on his initial trip to Archangel in 1693?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Peter noted that a lone foreigner was capable of dispatching more affairs during a single morning than a house of his senators could accomplish in a month. What was the Tsar's day typically like when he was in St. Petersburg?

Essay Topic 2

What significance did Andrew Vinius, Patrick Gordon, Francis Lefort, and the Jolly Company have in Peter's life?

Essay Topic 3

What often mortifying physical disorder began to afflict Peter in the prime of his early manhood?

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