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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Peter ordered the fortress at Grodno abandoned, Charles XII was freed to invade what region?
(a) Waserbergland.
(b) Saxony.
(c) Schwarzwald.
(d) Bohemia.

2. Peter was able to launch a disciplined infantry line which enveloped ________/
(a) Charging Swedes.
(b) Fleeing Swedes.
(c) Counter-striking Swedes.
(d) Retreating Swedes.

3. The rulers of which two Christian principalities secretly agreed to help in fighting Turkey?
(a) Mongolia, Walachia,
(b) Mongolia, Lithuania.
(c) Moldavia, Walachia,
(d) Lithuania, Moldavia.

4. With Severia lost, where did Charles XII go?
(a) Ukraine.
(b) Slovakia.
(c) Lithuania.
(d) Belarus.

5. How was Louis XV related to Louis XIV?
(a) Grandson.
(b) Great grandson.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Charles XII ordered the Poles to join him, hoping who would aid him?

2. Who was the only individual who stood by Peter against William I?

3. Which Councillor of State controlled French foreign policy because of the age of Louis XV?

4. Upon meeting King Louis XV, Peter shocked the French by lifting him up and ___________.

5. In Chapter 32, the Russians torched Poland to deny Charles provisions and bridges, and accomplish what else?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Charles XII and his advance regiments find upon arrival at Baturin on November 11?

2. What did Chapter 42, "Fifty Blows on the Pruth," take its title from?

3. In Chapter 33, what did the author describe Charles XII and Peter as having done in the early summer months?

4. What did Alexis do on the evening of November 10, 1716?

5. Peter gave orders as early as January, 1707, that directed what to be done to Poland?

6. Why did Peter seek to control Dorpat and Narva in 1704?

7. Why did the author use the phrase "a place of carnage" to describe the battlefield at Poltava?

8. According to Chapter 36, how confident did Charles XII feel in early April ?

9. How did Peter respond to his Poltava triumph?

10. What sort of life did Catherine originate from?

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