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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Old Muscovy, Chapters 7-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Peter was shown in Chapter 6 as having preferred activities out of the way at _______________.
(a) Preobrazhenskoe.
(b) Petrozavodsk.
(c) Pavlovsky Posad.
(d) Pitkyaranta.

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

3. For how many years was Anna Mons the mistress of Peter?
(a) Ten.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Eight.
(d) Six.

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

5. Sophia surveyed the plight of women in 17th-century Russia and ______________in particular.
(a) Female students, housed in a school "terem."
(b) Women serfs.
(c) Peasant women.
(d) Royal sisters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Peter won over the Patriarch, threatened to kill any who opposed him, and then commanded all foreign officers to do what?

3. How did Sophia use Fedor's funeral to break tradition?

4. Patriarch Nikon, who challenged Alexis and sternly enforced his own views, was deposed in what year?

5. Peter's passion for sailing began when he and his tutor found, refurbished, and took a boat out on what lake?

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