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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. In 1695, Peter attacked Azov, the Turkish fortress, to end Tatar raids in the Ukraine and gain access to which sea?
(a) Black Sea.
(b) Baltic Sea.
(c) Mediterranean Sea.
(d) Red Sea.

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

3. Who kept order as Peter embarked on the "Great Embassy"?
(a) Romodanovsky.
(b) Novodevichy.
(c) Nikolaevna.
(d) Streltsy.

4. In Chapter 12, Peter felt the need to shore up a dying anti-Turkish alliance and European worries grew regarding whose ambitions?
(a) Louis XIV.
(b) Philip IV.
(c) Charles CI.
(d) Mary II.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After invading the Kremlin, for how many days did Muscovy's soldiers kill boyars?

2. Chapter 1 described Moscow in what period?

3. How long did Peter work at the Dutch company to learn his trade?

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

5. Upset by Sophia, whom did the boyars rally around?

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