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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, The Great Embassy, Chapters 17-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Peter won over the Patriarch, threatened to kill any who opposed him, and then commanded all foreign officers to do what?
(a) Surrender or face death.
(b) Lay down their arms.
(c) Rally behind him.
(d) Leave, return home.

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

3. After serfs and peasants were drafted by the thousands for unskilled shipbuilding labor, what work moved swiftly despite what?
(a) High desertion and death rates, no machinery,
(b) High desertion and death rates, minimal machinery,
(c) High desertion and death rates, poor machinery,
(d) Moderate desertion and death rates, no machinery,

4. Chapter 21 reflected Peter was back at his highest priority, finding in his shipyards any waste, shortages, or ________.
(a) Punishable activities.
(b) Rewardable efforts.
(c) New ideas.
(d) Sullen workers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Peter dealt harshly with robbers and beggars, especially ones who ________________.

2. Why did Peter go incognito to complete his education?

3. Peter could be easily identified and thronged until he was set up securely in which dockyard?

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

5. Peter was careful to wander, survey, and practice all that he saw Western technology and science reveal, and he dedicated himself to ____________.

(see the answer key)

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