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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, The Great Northern War, Chapters 22-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Patriarch Nikon, who challenged Alexis and sternly enforced his own views, was deposed in what year?
(a) 1666.
(b) 1662.
(c) 1664.
(d) 1660.

2. The "Great Embassy" ended abruptly before a trip to ________________because word came that the Streltsy were rebelling?
(a) Dresden.
(b) Venice.
(c) Constantinople.
(d) Warsaw.

3. Which nations sided with Charles XII against Denmark to keep the European political status quo?
(a) England, Netherlands.
(b) Netherlands, Finland.
(c) Finland, Poland.
(d) England, Poland.

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

5. Chapter 1 described Moscow in what period?
(a) The 1670s.
(b) The 1650s.
(c) The 1680s.
(d) The 1660s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Charles XII broke traditions, proved rash in using disciplined troops, and forced battles. How long did it take for Russia to stand up to him?

2. How long did it take to build the Fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul by hand?

3. What happened to Sophia after her inner circle was tortured and Peter refused to see her?

4. When Ivan and Peter were crowned as co-tsars, Sophia took over as __________.

5. In Chapter 12, Peter felt the need to shore up a dying anti-Turkish alliance and European worries grew regarding whose ambitions?

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