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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, On the European Stage, Chapters 48-52.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Louis XV related to Louis XIV?
(a) Great grandson.
(b) Grandson.
(c) Son.
(d) Cousin.

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

3. When Fedor died in 1682 without an heir, the choice was between Peter and ____________.
(a) Fedor's physically-challenged brother, Ivan.
(b) Fedor's healthy cousin, Ivan.
(c) Fedor's healthy brother, Ivan.
(d) Fedor's physically-challenged cousin, Ivan.

4. Peter's meddling with Ahmed's restive subjects in ______was covered in Chapter 41.
(a) 1710-1711.
(b) 1712-1713.
(c) 1708-1709.
(d) 1714-1715.

5. In what year did Martha Skavronskaya, Peter's wife, begin bearing his children?
(a) 1707.
(b) 1711.
(c) 1709.
(d) 1705.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Streltsy mobilized against rumors that Peter would kill whom in Chapter 8?

2. Charles XII hoped to ally with Hetman Mazeppa, the Cossack who had been waiting for an opportunity to win independence for ___________.

3. Frederick of Denmark dropped out of the conflict following what?

4. Where did Alexis finally seek asylum after originally being ordered by Peter to go to Copenhagen?

5. Leopold I promised not to relinquish gains Peter made at Azov, but he offered no assistance in gaining entry to which sea?

(see the answer key)

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