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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, On the European Stage, Chapters 53-57.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How many Dutch specialists and officers did the "Great Embassy" send to Russia?
(a) 460.
(b) 560.
(c) 640.
(d) 540.

5. Who died in 1715 after giving birth to Peter, a son?
(a) Cecilia.
(b) Champagne.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Chevelle.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where did Peter seek a mediator or ally after determining that fanatical Charles XII was certain to invade Russia?

2. Peter dealt harshly with robbers and beggars, especially ones who ________________.

3. Due to the French monarch's age, who served as Regent for Louis XV?

4. As many fundamentalists rallied behind Archpriest Avvakum, where did others populate?

5. Peter dealt grimly with the Streltsy after they marched _____________ to replace the absent Tsar.

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