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

2. In Chapter 9, Peter was shown enjoying his freedom for how many more years?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Seven.

3. Peter's passion for sailing began when he and his tutor found, refurbished, and took a boat out on what lake?
(a) Preobrazhenskoe.
(b) Pleschev.
(c) Pavlovsk.
(d) Pervomaysk.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The foes that surrounded Orthodox Russia included Sweden, Poland, the Ottoman Empire, and which other enemy?

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

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

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

5. In what year did Peter first visit Archangel, Russia's only port near the Arctic Circle?

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