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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. Peter himself went incognito among the 250-member staff as whom?
(a) Peter Voznitsyn.
(b) Peter Mikhailov.
(c) Peter Makarov.
(d) Peter Golovin.

2. Where did Alexis finally seek asylum after originally being ordered by Peter to go to Copenhagen?
(a) Austria.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Hungary.
(d) Prussia.

3. What was William III doing in Holland when the "Great Embassy" arrived?
(a) Concluding one war, preparing for another,
(b) Conducting two wars simultaneously.
(c) Concluding two separate wars,
(d) Preparing for a war abroad,

4. From where did Peter seek a mediator or ally after determining that fanatical Charles XII was certain to invade Russia?
(a) Britain, Denmark, Finland, Karelia, Prussia.
(b) Britain, Estonia, France, Ingria, Netherlands.
(c) Britain, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Prussia.
(d) Denmark, France, Livonia, Netherlands, Western Poland.

5. Peter evaded an anti-Swedish alliance in Prussia to concentrate on whom?
(a) Turks.
(b) Poles.
(c) Spanish.
(d) French.

Short Answer Questions

1. Peter in 1704 seized Narva and Dorpat to protect _______and restore the army's honor.

2. Who died in 1715 after giving birth to Peter, a son?

3. Peter was careful to wander, survey, and practice all that he saw Western technology and science reveal, and he dedicated himself to ____________.

4. According to Chapter 29, what positive improvements were part of Peter's reign?

5. Why was it that Peter's 1717 visit to France yielded no diplomatic fruit?

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