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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 what year did Muscovy's soldiers believe Sophia's rumors of treachery?
(a) 1682.
(b) 16864.
(c) 1686.
(d) 1680.

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

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. What was the name of the frigate Peter helped to construct?
(a) "Rotterdam."
(b) "Moscow."
(c) "Archangel."
(d) "Amsterdam."

5. When Fedor died in 1682 without an heir, the choice was between Peter and ____________.
(a) Fedor's healthy brother, Ivan.
(b) Fedor's physically-challenged cousin, Ivan.
(c) Fedor's physically-challenged brother, Ivan.
(d) Fedor's healthy cousin, Ivan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 9, Peter was shown enjoying his freedom for how many more years?

3. Eudoxia Lopukhina bore Peter __________ before they were estranged.

4. When Ivan and Peter were crowned as co-tsars, Sophia took over as __________.

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

(see the answer key)

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