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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. Sophia surveyed the plight of women in 17th-century Russia and ______________in particular.
(a) Peasant women.
(b) Female students, housed in a school "terem."
(c) Royal sisters.
(d) Women serfs.

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

3. Upset by Sophia, whom did the boyars rally around?
(a) The Nerchinks.
(b) The Naryshkins.
(c) The Natalyas.
(d) The Nesterovs.

4. When Ivan and Peter were crowned as co-tsars, Sophia took over as __________.
(a) Regent.
(b) Princess.
(c) Queen.
(d) Governor.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. The Streltsy mobilized against rumors that Peter would kill whom in Chapter 8?

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

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

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