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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. 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) Baltic Sea.
(d) Black Sea.

2. Peter dealt grimly with the Streltsy after they marched _____________ to replace the absent Tsar.
(a) On Archangel.
(b) On Preobrazhenskoe.
(c) On Semyonovskoe.
(d) On Moscow.

3. Patriarch Nikon, who challenged Alexis and sternly enforced his own views, was deposed in what year?
(a) 1660.
(b) 1666.
(c) 1662.
(d) 1664.

4. Chapter 1 described Moscow in what period?
(a) The 1650s.
(b) The 1660s.
(c) The 1670s.
(d) The 1680s.

5. Who was the King of Poland that Peter met en route home?
(a) Heinrich I.
(b) Augustus I.
(c) Wilhelm.
(d) Augustus II.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which friend did Peter bury In March, 1699?

2. 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?

3. When Fedor died in 1682 without an heir, the choice was between Peter and ____________.

4. The foes that surrounded Orthodox Russia included Sweden, Poland, the Ottoman Empire, and which other enemy?

5. What did the author note Peter seemed to identify as the key while he embarked on his "Great Embassy" travels?

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