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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 1695, Peter attacked Azov, the Turkish fortress, to end Tatar raids in the Ukraine and gain access to which sea?
(a) Baltic Sea.
(b) Red Sea.
(c) Mediterranean Sea.
(d) Black Sea.

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

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

4. Peter could be easily identified and thronged until he was set up securely in which dockyard?
(a) East India Company.
(b) Netherlands Nautical, Ltd.
(c) Amserdam Shipping Company.
(d) Rotterdam Naval Shipyard.

5. Peter was careful to wander, survey, and practice all that he saw Western technology and science reveal, and he dedicated himself to ____________.
(a) Using the same to conquer Sweden.
(b) Advancing international well-being.
(c) Achieving the same in Russia.
(d) Using the same to conquer the West.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what year did Muscovy's soldiers believe Sophia's rumors of treachery?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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