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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. William III was not ready when he met Peter during the "Great Embassy" to ally against which group?
(a) Swedes.
(b) Poles.
(c) Greeks.
(d) Turks.

2. 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) Royal sisters.
(d) Peasant women.

3. The "Great Embassy" was led by Lefort, two key diplomats, and ____________.
(a) "Students."
(b) "Educators."
(c) "Engineers."
(d) "Volunteers."

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

5. Peter was treated as an upstart monarch, but he behaved with decorum as he was eager to meet Leopold I, master of _____________.
(a) All nations surrounding the Black Sea.
(b) Southern Europe.
(c) Eastern Europe.
(d) Central Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What title of Chapter 19 encapsulated Russian punishment methods?

2. What happened to Peter's great fleet when he sent an envoy on the first Russian warship to enter the Black Sea?

3. In Chapter 12, Peter felt the need to shore up a dying anti-Turkish alliance and European worries grew regarding whose ambitions?

4. Who kept order as Peter embarked on the "Great Embassy"?

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

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