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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. How long did Peter send the "Great Embassy" to Europe to recruit and study?
(a) Thirty months.
(b) Eighteen months.
(c) Twenty-four months.
(d) Twelve months.

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

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

4. What did Peter use to assess the plot and rid himself of the menace?
(a) Bribes.
(b) Interrogations.
(c) Tortues.
(d) Threats.

5. Peter could be easily identified and thronged until he was set up securely in which dockyard?
(a) Rotterdam Naval Shipyard.
(b) Netherlands Nautical, Ltd.
(c) Amserdam Shipping Company.
(d) East India Company.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 21 reflected Peter was back at his highest priority, finding in his shipyards any waste, shortages, or ________.

2. During what year did Muscovy's soldiers believe Sophia's rumors of treachery?

3. The Streltsy mobilized against rumors that Peter would kill whom in Chapter 8?

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

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

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