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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. What did Peter use to assess the plot and rid himself of the menace?
(a) Interrogations.
(b) Tortues.
(c) Bribes.
(d) Threats.

2. William III met Peter, long an admirer of his military exploits against _____________.
(a) Judaism.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Protestantism.
(d) The Greek Orthodox Church.

3. Tsar Alexis is described as what type of ruler?
(a) Demigod.
(b) Republican.
(c) Democrat.
(d) Monarch.

4. Who kept order as Peter embarked on the "Great Embassy"?
(a) Streltsy.
(b) Romodanovsky.
(c) Nikolaevna.
(d) Novodevichy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The foes that surrounded Orthodox Russia included Sweden, Poland, the Ottoman Empire, and which other enemy?

2. "Great Embassy" member in Russia felt that Europeans who embraced music, art, literature, and science were _________.

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

4. Chapter 20 drew heavily on accounts by an Austrian named ______________________who depicts Peter partying as the events in the previous chapters unfold.

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

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