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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. As many fundamentalists rallied behind Archpriest Avvakum, where did others populate?
(a) The far east.
(b) The far west.
(c) The far south.
(d) The far north.

2. Sophia surveyed the plight of women in 17th-century Russia and ______________in particular.
(a) Royal sisters.
(b) Female students, housed in a school "terem."
(c) Peasant women.
(d) Women serfs.

3. Who was the King of Poland that Peter met en route home?
(a) Heinrich I.
(b) Augustus II.
(c) Augustus I.
(d) Wilhelm.

4. What were some ways Peter broke tradition beyond freeing himself of Eudoxia, shaving nobles' beards, and using decorations in lieu of land as rewards?
(a) Affording peasants, not serfs, voting rights.
(b) Offering land in exchange for military service.
(c) Reforming the calendar and currency.
(d) Reforming Russian feudal system.

5. William III was not ready when he met Peter during the "Great Embassy" to ally against which group?
(a) Greeks.
(b) Swedes.
(c) Poles.
(d) Turks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What title of Chapter 19 encapsulated Russian punishment methods?

2. Tsar Alexis is described as what type of ruler?

3. Peter won over the Patriarch, threatened to kill any who opposed him, and then commanded all foreign officers to do what?

4. When Fedor died in 1682 without an heir, the choice was between Peter and ____________.

5. What was the name of the frigate Peter helped to construct?

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