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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. How long did Peter work at the Dutch company to learn his trade?
(a) Four months.
(b) One year.
(c) Eight months.
(d) Six months.

2. Tsar Alexis is described as what type of ruler?
(a) Democrat.
(b) Demigod.
(c) Republican.
(d) Monarch.

3. What was William III doing in Holland when the "Great Embassy" arrived?
(a) Preparing for a war abroad,
(b) Concluding one war, preparing for another,
(c) Conducting two wars simultaneously.
(d) Concluding two separate wars,

4. The Streltsy mobilized against rumors that Peter would kill whom in Chapter 8?
(a) Sophia, Eudoxia.
(b) Ivan, Sophia.
(c) Prince Golitsyn, Ivan.
(d) Sophia, Prince Golitsyn.

5. Upset by Sophia, whom did the boyars rally around?
(a) The Nesterovs.
(b) The Natalyas.
(c) The Naryshkins.
(d) The Nerchinks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two carousing groups did Peter form that convinced many he was the Antichrist?

2. Golitsyn was responsible for what foreign policy highpoint of the Regency?

3. Peter himself went incognito among the 250-member staff as whom?

4. Chapter 5 provided background on the "Old Believers" revolt against ritual reforms in the church that dated from ___________.

5. As many fundamentalists rallied behind Archpriest Avvakum, where did others populate?

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