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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, The Great Embassy, Chapters 12-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Peter won over the Patriarch, threatened to kill any who opposed him, and then commanded all foreign officers to do what?
(a) Surrender or face death.
(b) Leave, return home.
(c) Rally behind him.
(d) Lay down their arms.

2. The foes that surrounded Orthodox Russia included Sweden, Poland, the Ottoman Empire, and which other enemy?
(a) China.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) Spain.
(d) Morocco.

3. Since Peter needed a more systematic approach to naval concerns, he visited England. How long was he in England?
(a) Six months.
(b) Eight months.
(c) Ten months.
(d) Four months.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two carousing groups did Peter form that convinced many he was the Antichrist?

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

3. William III was not ready when he met Peter during the "Great Embassy" to ally against which group?

4. What was the name of the frigate Peter helped to construct?

5. Peter was shown in Chapter 6 as having preferred activities out of the way at _______________.

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