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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. Which friend did Peter bury In March, 1699?
(a) Gordon.
(b) Vinius.
(c) Korb.
(d) Lefort.

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

3. Which two carousing groups did Peter form that convinced many he was the Antichrist?
(a) "Jolly Company" and "Drunken Synod."
(b) "Imbibing Crewmen" and "Happy Swordsmen."
(c) "Merry Helmsmen" and "Roistering Angels."
(d) "Jolly Muskateers" and "Laughing Bandits."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ivan and Peter were crowned as co-tsars, Sophia took over as __________.

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

3. Peter was treated as an upstart monarch, but he behaved with decorum as he was eager to meet Leopold I, master of _____________.

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

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

(see the answer key)

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