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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. When Fedor died in 1682 without an heir, the choice was between Peter and ____________.
(a) Fedor's healthy brother, Ivan.
(b) Fedor's physically-challenged cousin, Ivan.
(c) Fedor's physically-challenged brother, Ivan.
(d) Fedor's healthy cousin, Ivan.

2. While he maintained his devotion to Orthodoxy, Peter investigated Anglicanism and was fascinated by which denomination?
(a) Unitarians.
(b) Quakers.
(c) Episcopalians.
(d) Methodists.

3. Why did Peter go incognito to complete his education?
(a) To escape possible ridicule.
(b) To gain military intelligence.
(c) For fear of attack.
(d) To avoid the hated ceremony.

4. Peter dealt grimly with the Streltsy after they marched _____________ to replace the absent Tsar.
(a) On Moscow.
(b) On Archangel.
(c) On Preobrazhenskoe.
(d) On Semyonovskoe.

5. Chapter 5 provided background on the "Old Believers" revolt against ritual reforms in the church that dated from ___________.
(a) Brutus' day.
(b) Alexis' day.
(c) Genghis Khan's day.
(d) Peter's day.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For how many years was Anna Mons the mistress of Peter?

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

4. In what year did Peter first visit Archangel, Russia's only port near the Arctic Circle?

5. What was the result of Golitsyn's encounter with the Khan of the Crimea?

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