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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Peter use to assess the plot and rid himself of the menace?
(a) Threats.
(b) Interrogations.
(c) Tortues.
(d) Bribes.

2. Peter's passion for sailing began when he and his tutor found, refurbished, and took a boat out on what lake?
(a) Pleschev.
(b) Pavlovsk.
(c) Pervomaysk.
(d) Preobrazhenskoe.

3. Martha Skavronskaya, a peasant girl Sheremetev captured, later became Peter's wife and successor as _________.
(a) Martha II.
(b) Catherine II.
(c) Martha I.
(d) Catherine I.

4. During what year did Muscovy's soldiers believe Sophia's rumors of treachery?
(a) 1680.
(b) 1682.
(c) 16864.
(d) 1686.

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

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

7. 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?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Poland.
(c) Finland.
(d) Holland.

8. 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.

9. 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) Affording peasants, not serfs, voting rights.
(c) Reforming the calendar and currency.
(d) Offering land in exchange for military service.

10. William III was not ready when he met Peter during the "Great Embassy" to ally against which group?
(a) Poles.
(b) Turks.
(c) Swedes.
(d) Greeks.

11. Peter was concerned by the loss at Narva, but he spared nothing to outfit and train his new army under whom?
(a) Brutus Sheremetev.
(b) Boris Sheremetev.
(c) Alexis Sheremetev.
(d) Markus Sheremetev.

12. What was the name of the frigate Peter helped to construct?
(a) "Archangel."
(b) "Moscow."
(c) "Rotterdam."
(d) "Amsterdam."

13. The King of Poland convinced Peter to undertake a joint war against which nation?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Spain.
(c) Greece.
(d) France.

14. When was Peter born?
(a) May 30, 1672.
(b) August 30, 1672.
(c) April 30, 1672.
(d) June 30, 1672.

15. Upset by Sophia, whom did the boyars rally around?
(a) The Natalyas.
(b) The Naryshkins.
(c) The Nerchinks.
(d) The Nesterovs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Peter dealt grimly with the Streltsy after they marched _____________ to replace the absent Tsar.

2. During the period when Peter built a warship, endangered himself with war games and fireworks, and ignored the Kremlin, what almost took his life?

3. What was William III doing in Holland when the "Great Embassy" arrived?

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

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

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