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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, The Great Embassy, Chapters 12-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. After invading the Kremlin, for how many days did Muscovy's soldiers kill boyars?
(a) A week.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 15 reflected William III, simultaneously King of England and Stadholder of Holland, as __________.

2. When Peter lived openly in the German suburb among foreigners, which three important friends did he make?

3. Who kept order as Peter embarked on the "Great Embassy"?

4. What did the author note Peter seemed to identify as the key while he embarked on his "Great Embassy" travels?

5. "Great Embassy" member in Russia felt that Europeans who embraced music, art, literature, and science were _________.

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