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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. Chapter 5 provided background on the "Old Believers" revolt against ritual reforms in the church that dated from ___________.
(a) Brutus' day.
(b) Genghis Khan's day.
(c) Alexis' day.
(d) Peter's day.

2. Peter won over the Patriarch, threatened to kill any who opposed him, and then commanded all foreign officers to do what?
(a) Lay down their arms.
(b) Leave, return home.
(c) Surrender or face death.
(d) Rally behind him.

3. When Peter lived openly in the German suburb among foreigners, which three important friends did he make?
(a) Andrew Vinius, Louis de Vauban, Patrick Gordon.
(b) Sylvester Medvedev, Alexander Danilovich, Francis Lefort.
(c) Sylvester Medvedev, Louis de Vauban, Alexander Danilovich.
(d) Patrick Gordon, Andrew Vinius, Francis Lefort.

4. Peter was shown in Chapter 6 as having preferred activities out of the way at _______________.
(a) Petrozavodsk.
(b) Pitkyaranta.
(c) Pavlovsky Posad.
(d) Preobrazhenskoe.

5. 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) Black Sea.
(c) Mediterranean Sea.
(d) Baltic Sea.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what age did Peter lose his father?

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

4. What was the result of Golitsyn's encounter with the Khan of the Crimea?

5. During what year did Muscovy's soldiers believe Sophia's rumors of treachery?

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