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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. Peter dealt grimly with the Streltsy after they marched _____________ to replace the absent Tsar.
(a) On Preobrazhenskoe.
(b) On Archangel.
(c) On Moscow.
(d) On Semyonovskoe.

2. Which friend did Peter bury In March, 1699?
(a) Lefort.
(b) Vinius.
(c) Gordon.
(d) Korb.

3. What was the result of Golitsyn's encounter with the Khan of the Crimea?
(a) One victorious campaign.
(b) One failed and one victorious campaigns.
(c) Two failed campaigns.
(d) One failed campaign.

4. Chapter 36 brought spring's oppressive heat, but Charles XII rejected what at this point?
(a) His officer's call to surrender.
(b) A peace feeler.
(c) His officer's call to retreat.
(d) His troops' call to flee.

5. How long did Peter send the "Great Embassy" to Europe to recruit and study?
(a) Twelve months.
(b) Eighteen months.
(c) Thirty months.
(d) Twenty-four months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two carousing groups did Peter form that convinced many he was the Antichrist?

2. For how many years was Anna Mons the mistress of Peter?

3. How many Dutch specialists and officers did the "Great Embassy" send to Russia?

4. What did Peter use to assess the plot and rid himself of the menace?

5. Although Mazeppa had run into his arms, why was Charles XII desperate?

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