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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Upset by Sophia, whom did the boyars rally around?
2. Patriarch Nikon, who challenged Alexis and sternly enforced his own views, was deposed in what year?
3. While he maintained his devotion to Orthodoxy, Peter investigated Anglicanism and was fascinated by which denomination?
4. After invading the Kremlin, for how many days did Muscovy's soldiers kill boyars?
5. Peter failed in his efforts with Leopold I to gain an ally against the Turks, as Austria was seeking peace in anticipation of new warfare in _____________.
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Peter's Great Embassy amaze his countrymen?
2. When he came to power, what was the confrontation Charles XII faced with Peter?
3. How was Sophia overthrown?
4. What took place for Peter on his initial trip to Archangel in 1693?
5. Who was Russia's Fedor Golovin?
6. What was Peter's response following his initial defeat against Charles XII?
7. Why was Peter unsuccessful in gaining an ally against the Turks when he met Leopold I?
8. What were Peter's distinguishing physical characteristics when he was age 22?
9. What was the youth of Charles XII of Sweden like?
10. Why did Peter select the location he did for St. Petersburg?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What was a visitor to Paris in 1717 likely to have seen? What was on the list Peter compiled of all he desired to look at and accomplish on his second historic trip to the West? How successful was his visit?
Essay Topic 2
What were the fruits that Peter's triumph at Poltava afforded?
Essay Topic 3
Peter noted that a lone foreigner was capable of dispatching more affairs during a single morning than a house of his senators could accomplish in a month. What was the Tsar's day typically like when he was in St. Petersburg?
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