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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Old Muscovy, Chapters 7-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Sophia after her inner circle was tortured and Peter refused to see her?
(a) She was executed.
(b) She was sent for life to Novodevichy Convent.
(c) She was forced to see the torture and execution of her inner circle.
(d) She was banished to Golitsyn's place of exile.

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

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

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?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Yellow fever.
(c) Hepatitis.
(d) Dysentery.

5. Which two carousing groups did Peter form that convinced many he was the Antichrist?
(a) "Jolly Muskateers" and "Laughing Bandits."
(b) "Merry Helmsmen" and "Roistering Angels."
(c) "Imbibing Crewmen" and "Happy Swordsmen."
(d) "Jolly Company" and "Drunken Synod."

Short Answer Questions

1. The foes that surrounded Orthodox Russia included Sweden, Poland, the Ottoman Empire, and which other enemy?

2. Chapter 1 described Moscow in what period?

3. As many fundamentalists rallied behind Archpriest Avvakum, where did others populate?

4. In Chapter 9, Peter was shown enjoying his freedom for how many more years?

5. Tsar Alexis is described as what type of ruler?

(see the answer key)

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