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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. Following his stay in Adrianople, where did Charles XII race?
(a) To Pollnow.
(b) To Pomerania.
(c) To Plath.
(d) To Pyntz.

2. Peter's westward travels in 1716-1717 had the following three goals: to recover his health, to attend his niece's wedding, and to __________.
(a) Boost allies' support of the invasion of England.
(b) Boost allies' support of the invasion of Denmark.
(c) Boost allies' support of the invasion of Spain.
(d) Boost allies' support of the invasion of Sweden.

3. Chapter 35 showed the effects of which year's intense cold that gripped all of Europe?
(a) 1706.
(b) 1709.
(c) 1708.
(d) 1707.

4. Charles XII went home to Sweden only after he took Danish Rügen. How many years had passed?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Nine.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Twelve.

5. In Chapter 51, Peter came home to handle a governmental mess and confront Tsarevich Alexis about his _________.
(a) Future monarchical responsibility.
(b) Future religious responsibility.
(c) Future marital responsibility.
(d) Future parental responsibility.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 45 showed Charles XII held in Adrianople for how long while Turkey and Russia concluded peace?

2. Catherine first married Peter quietly in _______, and later, with full pomp in ________.

3. While his people yearned for peace, Charles XII drafted new troops, raised taxes, and was aided by Baron Georg Heinrich von Goertz in becoming what?

4. Which new fleet did Peter use in Chapter 44?

5. Peter had ten redoubts built in what formation, that slowed enemy attacks?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What took place in the Great Audience Hall in Moscow on February 3, 1718?

3. Why did Charles XII turn south in mid-September and send General Anders Lagercrona's vanguard ahead?

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

5. Throughout Peter's reign, why was he seen as constantly moving?

6. Why did the Turkish Sultan want to send Charles XII home?

7. Why did Peter never have to simultaneously fight two enemies?

8. Given England's 100-ship Royal Navy, why did the Baltic powers have relatively smaller fleets?

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

10. Why did Peter decide to focus his attention on the conquest of the upper Baltic?

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