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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. During the period when Peter built a warship, endangered himself with war games and fireworks, and ignored the Kremlin, what almost took his life?
(a) Yellow fever.
(b) Hepatitis.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Dysentery.

2. Chapter 15 reflected William III, simultaneously King of England and Stadholder of Holland, as __________.
(a) Sovereign Prince of Buckingham,
(b) Sovereign Prince of Bordeaux,
(c) Sovereign Prince of Orange,
(d) Sovereign Prince of Champagne-Ardenne,

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

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

5. How did Sophia use Fedor's funeral to break tradition?
(a) Mourned, cried publicly.
(b) Mourned, chanted publicly.
(c) Mourned, prayed privately.
(d) Mourned, raged publicly.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In Chapter 12, Peter felt the need to shore up a dying anti-Turkish alliance and European worries grew regarding whose ambitions?

3. Whom did Peter tax after his eventual triumph at Azov?

4. Peter was shown in Chapter 6 as having preferred activities out of the way at _______________.

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

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