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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. Whom did Peter tax after his eventual triumph at Azov?
(a) Landowners, commoners.
(b) The church, merchants.
(c) Landowners, the church.
(d) Merchants, landowners.

2. Eudoxia Lopukhina bore Peter __________ before they were estranged.
(a) A son and a daughter.
(b) A daughter.
(c) Twin sons.
(d) A son.

3. The foes that surrounded Orthodox Russia included Sweden, Poland, the Ottoman Empire, and which other enemy?
(a) Great Britain.
(b) China.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Spain.

4. As many fundamentalists rallied behind Archpriest Avvakum, where did others populate?
(a) The far north.
(b) The far west.
(c) The far south.
(d) The far east.

5. At what age did Peter lose his father?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) One.
(d) Seven.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Chapter 5 provided background on the "Old Believers" revolt against ritual reforms in the church that dated from ___________.

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

5. In Chapter 3, who was Sophia?

(see the answer key)

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