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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, On the European Stage, Chapters 53-57.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did Peter tax after his eventual triumph at Azov?
(a) The church, merchants.
(b) Landowners, the church.
(c) Merchants, landowners.
(d) Landowners, commoners.

2. What observation could be made about Peter given that he enjoyed Mock-Synod celebrations at Christmas and before Lent, stood with troops rather than the Patriarch at Epiphany when the Moscow River is blessed, and ended executions with bodies being buried as Lent begins?
(a) Peter's actions were predictable.
(b) Peter's moods swang unpredictably.
(c) Peter's reasoning was systematic.
(d) Peter's exploits were well thought out.

3. What injury lay Charles XII up nearly dead from infection?
(a) Burn.
(b) Cut.
(c) Shot.
(d) Horse fall.

4. Upon meeting King Louis XV, Peter shocked the French by lifting him up and ___________.
(a) Hugging, kissing him.
(b) Tickling, singing to him.
(c) Tossing, catching him.
(d) Holding, giving piggy-back rides.

5. Sophia surveyed the plight of women in 17th-century Russia and ______________in particular.
(a) Peasant women.
(b) Women serfs.
(c) Female students, housed in a school "terem."
(d) Royal sisters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Peter dealt harshly with robbers and beggars, especially ones who ________________.

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

3. From Voronezh where he displayed power and obtained a treaty with the Turks when Baltic fighting started, Peter set out to reclaim what?

4. St. Petersburg expanded from Petrograd Island onto the mainland, then downstream to where?

5. Alexis was formally denounced, yet was promised forgiveness on what condition?

(see the answer key)

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