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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 9, Peter was shown enjoying his freedom for how many more years?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Seven.

2. Peter himself went incognito among the 250-member staff as whom?
(a) Peter Voznitsyn.
(b) Peter Mikhailov.
(c) Peter Golovin.
(d) Peter Makarov.

3. Peter evaded an anti-Swedish alliance in Prussia to concentrate on whom?
(a) French.
(b) Poles.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Turks.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While he maintained his devotion to Orthodoxy, Peter investigated Anglicanism and was fascinated by which denomination?

2. William III was not ready when he met Peter during the "Great Embassy" to ally against which group?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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