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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. In 1695, Peter attacked Azov, the Turkish fortress, to end Tatar raids in the Ukraine and gain access to which sea?
(a) Black Sea.
(b) Baltic Sea.
(c) Red Sea.
(d) Mediterranean Sea.

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

3. What was the result of Golitsyn's encounter with the Khan of the Crimea?
(a) One failed campaign.
(b) Two failed campaigns.
(c) One failed and one victorious campaigns.
(d) One victorious campaign.

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

5. What happened to Sophia after her inner circle was tortured and Peter refused to see her?
(a) She was sent for life to Novodevichy Convent.
(b) She was executed.
(c) She was banished to Golitsyn's place of exile.
(d) She was forced to see the torture and execution of her inner circle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Reports that the Streltsy were marching against him sent Peter in flight by night to the historic Troitsky Monastery______________.

2. For how many years was Anna Mons the mistress of Peter?

3. At what age did Peter lose his father?

4. 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?

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

(see the answer key)

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