Peter the Great: His Life and World Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

Robert K. Massie
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 140 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Peter the Great: His Life and World Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

Robert K. Massie
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 140 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
Buy the Peter the Great: His Life and World Lesson Plans
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, The Great Embassy, Chapters 17-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After serfs and peasants were drafted by the thousands for unskilled shipbuilding labor, what work moved swiftly despite what?
(a) High desertion and death rates, poor machinery,
(b) Moderate desertion and death rates, no machinery,
(c) High desertion and death rates, minimal machinery,
(d) High desertion and death rates, no machinery,

2. What happened to Peter's great fleet when he sent an envoy on the first Russian warship to enter the Black Sea?
(a) Sold, leaving sailors to march back.
(b) Rotted unused for lack of purpose.
(c) Engaged in future warfare service.
(d) Relinquished as part of the truce.

3. During the period when Peter built a warship, endangered himself with war games and fireworks, and ignored the Kremlin, what almost took his life?
(a) Yellow fever.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Hepatitis.
(d) Dysentery.

4. What were some ways Peter broke tradition beyond freeing himself of Eudoxia, shaving nobles' beards, and using decorations in lieu of land as rewards?
(a) Reforming Russian feudal system.
(b) Offering land in exchange for military service.
(c) Reforming the calendar and currency.
(d) Affording peasants, not serfs, voting rights.

5. Patriarch Nikon, who challenged Alexis and sternly enforced his own views, was deposed in what year?
(a) 1664.
(b) 1660.
(c) 1662.
(d) 1666.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Fedor died in 1682 without an heir, the choice was between Peter and ____________.

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

3. Reports that the Streltsy were marching against him sent Peter in flight by night to the historic Troitsky Monastery______________.

4. William III was not ready when he met Peter during the "Great Embassy" to ally against which group?

5. What was the name of the frigate Peter helped to construct?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 305 words
(approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page)
Buy the Peter the Great: His Life and World Lesson Plans
Copyrights
BookRags
Peter the Great: His Life and World from BookRags. (c)2025 BookRags, Inc. All rights reserved.