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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. What injury lay Charles XII up nearly dead from infection?
(a) Horse fall.
(b) Burn.
(c) Cut.
(d) Shot.

2. After being cornered, what areas did Peter abandon that resulted in his survival and making peace with Charles XII?
(a) Azov, Poland, Tagonrog.
(b) Azov, Slovakia, Tagonrog.
(c) Azov, Poland, Slovakia.
(d) Poland, Slovakia, Tagonrog.

3. Chapter 36 brought spring's oppressive heat, but Charles XII rejected what at this point?
(a) His officer's call to surrender.
(b) His officer's call to retreat.
(c) His troops' call to flee.
(d) A peace feeler.

4. After how long did Peter bid the Regent and King farewell?
(a) Four weeks.
(b) Ten weeks.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Eight weeks.

5. Peter was shown in Chapter 29 as an autocrat over the vast country which he divided into how many governorships?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Eight.
(c) Six.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What transpired after a broken Alexis was condemned to death?

2. Charles XII hoped to ally with Hetman Mazeppa, the Cossack who had been waiting for an opportunity to win independence for ___________.

3. Avoiding open warfare in Poland, where did the Russians retreat to?

4. Peter was able to launch a disciplined infantry line which enveloped ________/

5. While retaining the Baltic lands, what did Peter allow them to keep?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why was it Russia appeared to have significantly deteriorated in comparison to Sweden in the spring of 1720?

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

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

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