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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. Chapter 1 described Moscow in what period?
(a) The 1670s.
(b) The 1650s.
(c) The 1660s.
(d) The 1680s.

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

3. The Streltsy mobilized against rumors that Peter would kill whom in Chapter 8?
(a) Prince Golitsyn, Ivan.
(b) Sophia, Prince Golitsyn.
(c) Sophia, Eudoxia.
(d) Ivan, Sophia.

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

5. How long did Peter work at the Dutch company to learn his trade?
(a) Four months.
(b) Six months.
(c) One year.
(d) Eight months.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long did Peter send the "Great Embassy" to Europe to recruit and study?

3. Whom did Peter tax after his eventual triumph at Azov?

4. When Fedor died in 1682 without an heir, the choice was between Peter and ____________.

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

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