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

2. The Streltsy mobilized against rumors that Peter would kill whom in Chapter 8?
(a) Ivan, Sophia.
(b) Prince Golitsyn, Ivan.
(c) Sophia, Prince Golitsyn.
(d) Sophia, Eudoxia.

3. In Chapter 7, Sophia installed new cohorts including her lover, Prince Vasily Golitsyn, and which others?
(a) Defense minister, political advisor.
(b) Financial advisor, religious minister.
(c) Prime minister, cultural counselor.
(d) Chief advisor, principle minister.

4. In what year did Peter first visit Archangel, Russia's only port near the Arctic Circle?
(a) 1693.
(b) 1697.
(c) 1699.
(d) 1695.

5. During the period when Peter built a warship, endangered himself with war games and fireworks, and ignored the Kremlin, what almost took his life?
(a) Yellow fever.
(b) Hepatitis.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Dysentery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Patriarch Nikon, who challenged Alexis and sternly enforced his own views, was deposed in what year?

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

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

4. In Chapter 9, Peter was shown enjoying his freedom for how many more years?

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

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