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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. Tsar Alexis is described as what type of ruler?
(a) Monarch.
(b) Republican.
(c) Democrat.
(d) Demigod.

2. When Peter lived openly in the German suburb among foreigners, which three important friends did he make?
(a) Patrick Gordon, Andrew Vinius, Francis Lefort.
(b) Andrew Vinius, Louis de Vauban, Patrick Gordon.
(c) Sylvester Medvedev, Alexander Danilovich, Francis Lefort.
(d) Sylvester Medvedev, Louis de Vauban, Alexander Danilovich.

3. How did Sophia use Fedor's funeral to break tradition?
(a) Mourned, prayed privately.
(b) Mourned, cried publicly.
(c) Mourned, raged publicly.
(d) Mourned, chanted publicly.

4. 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) Poland.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Holland.
(d) Finland.

5. As many fundamentalists rallied behind Archpriest Avvakum, where did others populate?
(a) The far west.
(b) The far south.
(c) The far east.
(d) The far north.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did Peter lose his father?

2. Peter himself went incognito among the 250-member staff as whom?

3. Chapter 5 provided background on the "Old Believers" revolt against ritual reforms in the church that dated from ___________.

4. What did the author note Peter seemed to identify as the key while he embarked on his "Great Embassy" travels?

5. Sophia surveyed the plight of women in 17th-century Russia and ______________in particular.

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