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

2. What was the result of Golitsyn's encounter with the Khan of the Crimea?
(a) One failed and one victorious campaigns.
(b) Two failed campaigns.
(c) One failed campaign.
(d) One victorious campaign.

3. During what year did Muscovy's soldiers believe Sophia's rumors of treachery?
(a) 1682.
(b) 1686.
(c) 1680.
(d) 16864.

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

5. 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) Holland.
(b) Poland.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Finland.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Peter send the "Great Embassy" to Europe to recruit and study?

2. What happened to Sophia after her inner circle was tortured and Peter refused to see her?

3. At what age did Peter lose his father?

4. After invading the Kremlin, for how many days did Muscovy's soldiers kill boyars?

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

(see the answer key)

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