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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, On the European Stage, Chapters 40-46.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long did it take to build the Fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul by hand?
(a) Twenty months.
(b) Five months.
(c) Ten months.
(d) Fifteen months.

3. In Chapter 25, Peter attacked a 13th-century Estonian seaport fortress that was defended by how many men?
(a) 700.
(b) 1,100.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 1,900.

4. The "Great Embassy" ended abruptly before a trip to ________________because word came that the Streltsy were rebelling?
(a) Venice.
(b) Constantinople.
(c) Dresden.
(d) Warsaw.

5. Leopold I promised not to relinquish gains Peter made at Azov, but he offered no assistance in gaining entry to which sea?
(a) Mediterranean Sea.
(b) Baltic Sea.
(c) Black Sea.
(d) Adriatic Sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Despite people's pleas, Charles XII vowed to make which group join him or face annihilation?

2. After his mother died, Peter returned to Archangel, launched a ship, almost drowned on another, and took delivery and command of a warship built where?

3. Peter evaded an anti-Swedish alliance in Prussia to concentrate on whom?

4. When Ivan and Peter were crowned as co-tsars, Sophia took over as __________.

5. The new army under Sheremetev used artillery rebuilt from scratch using melted down iron from _______.

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