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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, The Great Northern War, Chapters 34—39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Sophia after her inner circle was tortured and Peter refused to see her?
(a) She was forced to see the torture and execution of her inner circle.
(b) She was sent for life to Novodevichy Convent.
(c) She was executed.
(d) She was banished to Golitsyn's place of exile.

2. In Chapter 38, the Swedes were entrapped, and they convinced Charles XII to flee to what territory?
(a) Slovakian territory.
(b) Lithuanian territory.
(c) Turkish territory.
(d) Polish territory.

3. Peter was careful to wander, survey, and practice all that he saw Western technology and science reveal, and he dedicated himself to ____________.
(a) Achieving the same in Russia.
(b) Advancing international well-being.
(c) Using the same to conquer Sweden.
(d) Using the same to conquer the West.

4. In 1695, Peter attacked Azov, the Turkish fortress, to end Tatar raids in the Ukraine and gain access to which sea?
(a) Black Sea.
(b) Baltic Sea.
(c) Mediterranean Sea.
(d) Red Sea.

5. What happened to Swedish prisoners of war?
(a) Made into slaves.
(b) Dispersed to frontiers.
(c) Exchanged for Russian prisoners.
(d) Annihilated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What title of Chapter 39 reflected the celebration of deliverance and foreign capitals that offered dynastic marriages and treaties?

2. What title of Chapter 19 encapsulated Russian punishment methods?

3. Chapter 36 brought spring's oppressive heat, but Charles XII rejected what at this point?

4. With Severia lost, where did Charles XII go?

5. Chapter 15 reflected William III, simultaneously King of England and Stadholder of Holland, as __________.

(see the answer key)

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