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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, The Great Northern War, Chapters 22-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Sophia after her inner circle was tortured and Peter refused to see her?
(a) She was banished to Golitsyn's place of exile.
(b) She was executed.
(c) She was sent for life to Novodevichy Convent.
(d) She was forced to see the torture and execution of her inner circle.

2. When Fedor died in 1682 without an heir, the choice was between Peter and ____________.
(a) Fedor's physically-challenged cousin, Ivan.
(b) Fedor's healthy cousin, Ivan.
(c) Fedor's healthy brother, Ivan.
(d) Fedor's physically-challenged brother, Ivan.

3. Who kept order as Peter embarked on the "Great Embassy"?
(a) Nikolaevna.
(b) Streltsy.
(c) Novodevichy.
(d) Romodanovsky.

4. Chapter 20 drew heavily on accounts by an Austrian named ______________________who depicts Peter partying as the events in the previous chapters unfold.
(a) Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.
(b) Georg-Johann Korb.
(c) Johann-Georg Korb.
(d) Bernhard Victor Schmidt.

5. Peter's passion for sailing began when he and his tutor found, refurbished, and took a boat out on what lake?
(a) Preobrazhenskoe.
(b) Pavlovsk.
(c) Pleschev.
(d) Pervomaysk.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what age did Peter lose his father?

3. Martha Skavronskaya, a peasant girl Sheremetev captured, later became Peter's wife and successor as _________.

4. After his mother died, Peter returned to Archangel, launched a ship, almost drowned on another, and took delivery and command of a warship built where?

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

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