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

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

3. Whom did Peter tax after his eventual triumph at Azov?
(a) Landowners, the church.
(b) The church, merchants.
(c) Landowners, commoners.
(d) Merchants, landowners.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Since Peter needed a more systematic approach to naval concerns, he visited England. How long was he in England?

2. In Chapter 7, Sophia installed new cohorts including her lover, Prince Vasily Golitsyn, and which others?

3. During the period when Peter built a warship, endangered himself with war games and fireworks, and ignored the Kremlin, what almost took his life?

4. Why did Peter go incognito to complete his education?

5. William III was not ready when he met Peter during the "Great Embassy" to ally against which group?

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