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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, On the European Stage, Chapters 48-52.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Seeking to restore old Moscow, Charles XII takes a direct thrust at Russia's heart rather than first restoring which sea?
(a) Baltic Sea.
(b) Mediterranean Sea.
(c) Red Sea.
(d) Dead Sea.

2. According to Chapter 50, what had Peter been oblivious to and curious about before Paris in 1717?
(a) Oblivious to resplendence, curious about theater.
(b) Oblivious to grandeur, curious about architecture.
(c) Oblivious to pomp, curious about museums.
(d) Oblivious to majesty, curious about everything.

3. Entering Peter's world through Lefort, how did Massie describe Alexander Menshikov in Chapter 28?
(a) Calculating, greedy, talented.
(b) Fearless, edutated, dangerous.
(c) Talented, greedy, dangerous.
(d) Educated, calculating, fearless.

4. When Peter ordered the fortress at Grodno abandoned, Charles XII was freed to invade what region?
(a) Schwarzwald.
(b) Bohemia.
(c) Waserbergland.
(d) Saxony.

5. Who died in 1715 after giving birth to Peter, a son?
(a) Champagne.
(b) Chevelle.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Cecilia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Catherine first married Peter quietly in _______, and later, with full pomp in ________.

2. Protestants sought to keep Charles XII apart from whom?

3. Despite people's pleas, Charles XII vowed to make which group join him or face annihilation?

4. Which Councillor of State controlled French foreign policy because of the age of Louis XV?

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

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