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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 exploits were well thought out.
(b) Peter's reasoning was systematic.
(c) Peter's moods swang unpredictably.
(d) Peter's actions were predictable.

2. Peter evaded an anti-Swedish alliance in Prussia to concentrate on whom?
(a) Poles.
(b) Turks.
(c) Spanish.
(d) French.

3. Eudoxia Lopukhina bore Peter __________ before they were estranged.
(a) Twin sons.
(b) A daughter.
(c) A son and a daughter.
(d) A son.

4. Chapter 21 reflected Peter was back at his highest priority, finding in his shipyards any waste, shortages, or ________.
(a) Rewardable efforts.
(b) Punishable activities.
(c) New ideas.
(d) Sullen workers.

5. What was the result of Golitsyn's encounter with the Khan of the Crimea?
(a) One failed and one victorious campaigns.
(b) One failed campaign.
(c) Two failed campaigns.
(d) One victorious campaign.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the frigate Peter helped to construct?

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

3. Peter could be easily identified and thronged until he was set up securely in which dockyard?

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

5. Peter dealt grimly with the Streltsy after they marched _____________ to replace the absent Tsar.

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