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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. What did the author note Peter seemed to identify as the key while he embarked on his "Great Embassy" travels?
(a) Naval dominance.
(b) International mercantilism.
(c) Civil acceptance.
(d) Religious tolerance.

2. In 1695, Peter attacked Azov, the Turkish fortress, to end Tatar raids in the Ukraine and gain access to which sea?
(a) Mediterranean Sea.
(b) Black Sea.
(c) Red Sea.
(d) Baltic Sea.

3. In what year did Peter first visit Archangel, Russia's only port near the Arctic Circle?
(a) 1697.
(b) 1693.
(c) 1699.
(d) 1695.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Peter failed in his efforts with Leopold I to gain an ally against the Turks, as Austria was seeking peace in anticipation of new warfare in _____________.

4. Golitsyn was responsible for what foreign policy highpoint of the Regency?

5. After serfs and peasants were drafted by the thousands for unskilled shipbuilding labor, what work moved swiftly despite what?

(see the answer key)

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