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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Old Muscovy, Chapters 7-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Poland.
(b) Holland.
(c) Finland.
(d) Sweden.

2. How did Sophia use Fedor's funeral to break tradition?
(a) Mourned, cried publicly.
(b) Mourned, prayed privately.
(c) Mourned, chanted publicly.
(d) Mourned, raged publicly.

3. How long did Peter send the "Great Embassy" to Europe to recruit and study?
(a) Twelve months.
(b) Twenty-four months.
(c) Eighteen months.
(d) Thirty months.

4. In Chapter 3, who was Sophia?
(a) Half-sister.
(b) Aunt.
(c) Sister.
(d) Cousin.

5. For how many years was Anna Mons the mistress of Peter?
(a) Eight.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Six.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. Peter was shown in Chapter 6 as having preferred activities out of the way at _______________.

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

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

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

5. Sophia surveyed the plight of women in 17th-century Russia and ______________in particular.

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