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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 observation could be made about Peter given that he enjoyed Mock-Synod celebrations at Christmas and before Lent, stood with troops rather than the Patriarch at Epiphany when the Moscow River is blessed, and ended executions with bodies being buried as Lent begins?
(a) Peter's moods swang unpredictably.
(b) Peter's actions were predictable.
(c) Peter's reasoning was systematic.
(d) Peter's exploits were well thought out.

2. "Great Embassy" member in Russia felt that Europeans who embraced music, art, literature, and science were _________.
(a) "Agnostics."
(b) "Iconoclasts."
(c) "Pagans."
(d) "Heretics."

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

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

5. Reports that the Streltsy were marching against him sent Peter in flight by night to the historic Troitsky Monastery______________.
(a) On Veliky Novgorod.
(b) On Nizhnevartovsk.
(c) On Preobrazhenskoe.
(d) On Angarsk.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Peter work at the Dutch company to learn his trade?

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

3. Peter dealt harshly with robbers and beggars, especially ones who ________________.

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

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

(see the answer key)

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